{"product_id":"rosa-paperback-1","title":"Rosa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Rabb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 1918. A socialist revolution is sweeping across Germany, wreaking havoc on war-torn Berlin. Amid the ruin of the city's slums, four women are found dead--all with identical scars on their backs. Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his assistant, Hans Fichte, are baffled by the killings, and when another body is discovered, the case takes an ominous and unexpected turn. The fifth victim is none other than Rosa Luxemburg--a leader of the suppressed socialist uprising. Now, the Polpo, political police, are interested in the murders, and the mystery of Rosa's death leads Hoffner into the heart of Weimar's political turmoil, where ideas can be fatal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spellbinding historical thriller from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Son\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadow and Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e is a ghostly noir that could have been conspired at by Raymond Chandler and André Malraux . . . astonishing (John Leonard, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA murdered revolutionary . . .\u003cbr\u003eA vicious serial killer . . .\u003cbr\u003eA city in chaos . . .\u003cbr\u003eAll lead to Rosa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last days of the First World War, socialist revolution swept across Germany, sending Kaiser Wilhelm into exile and transforming Berlin into a battleground. But for Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his young assistant, Hans Fichte, the revolution is a mere inconvenience. Four women from the slums of Berlin have turned up dead, all with identical markings etched into their backs, and Hoffner and Fichte have spent the better part of six weeks trying to crack the bizarre case. \u003cbr\u003eThings take a troubling turn when the political police begin to show an interest in Hoffner's investigation. Hoffner has no idea why the Polpo would want to get their hands dirty with a serial murderer, until he is shown the lifeless body of Rosa Luxemburg, the same eerie markings on her back. Rumors abound that Rosa, one of the leaders of the suppressed socialist uprising, was assassinated by an angry mob, but the pattern carved into her back tells a different story. \u003cbr\u003eIn his remarkable new thriller, Jonathan Rabb paints a vivid, unforgettable picture of a city and a people poised between the chaos of the First World War and the darkness to come, a time when political thugs, petty thieves, and charismatic leaders rushed to fill the void left behind. Into this gap steps Hoffner, who, while battling his own personal demons, is still determined to find out who is preying on the women of Berlin, even as he gets drawn deeper into the mystery surrounding Rosa's death. Hoffner's search for the killer leads him on a dark and twisted journey through the battle-scarred streets of the city, wherehe soon discovers that nothing is as it appears. And while he finds allies in unexpected places, he is met at every turn by men who will stop at nothing to keep him from finding out the truth about Rosa. \u003cbr\u003eA genuine mystery at the time, Rosa's fate has continued to prompt speculation to this day. Rabb's taut political thriller imagines one strikingly real possibility. With his first two novels, \"The Overseer and \"The Book of Q, Rabb proved that he had a talent not only for writing suspenseful narratives but for illuminating the darkest corners of history as well. With \"Rosa, his finest work, he brings to life a world capital on the brink of chaos, a tragic revolutionary who both inspired and enraged, and a compellingly complex, world-weary, deeply flawed but brilliant inspector named Nikolai Hoffner. \u003cbr\u003eAlso available as an eBook \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Rabb\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Second Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow and Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Overseer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Q\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Savannah, Georgia, with his wife and twin children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240056635641,"sku":"9781250008725","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UWxjVTd2SVA3b3o3TXRTWXFDNnl4QT09_53a0370f-4ce4-49fc-a921-e119f480b09e.webp?v=1768566136","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rosa-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}