Description: The historic northern port city of Hamburg now joins Berlin as the Akashic Noir Series continues its foray across the German landscape
Brief description: JAN KARSTEN is the publisher and editor of CulturBooks, an award-winning independent publishing house based in Germany that specializes in contemporary international literature and crime fiction and has twice won the Deutsche Krimipreis award. Karsten also translates literature from English, including works by Keith Gessen, Carl Nixon, and Kathryn Scanlan. He lives in Hamburg.
Review Quotes: Fourteen new stories emphasize the contrast between Hamburg as a home for the affluent and 'a place for the stranded' . . . Hamburg certainly deserves a 'noir' to call its own, and Karsten is clearly happy to provide one.-- "Kirkus Reviews"