Discussion Criminal Worlds with Volker Kutscher

Volker Kutscher ©Monika Sandel

Fri, 13.05.2016

6:30 PM

British Library

Detective Fiction from Europe| presented by EUNIC

It’s Friday the 13th and there are dark goings on as we lift the lid on a strange and disturbing world of crime and intrigue in Europe. Hosted by broadcaster Mark Lawson and with guests including bestselling crime novelist Peter James, Finnish crime writing sensation Kati Hiekkapelto and author of the crime series with inspector Gereon Rath, Volker Kutscher, our panel will cast their forensic eye on the celebrated and lesser-known investigators of European fiction.
 
  • Der nasse Fisch ©Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH
    Der nasse Fisch
  • Der stumme Tod ©Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH
    Der stumme Tod
  • Goldstein ©Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH
    Goldstein
  • Volker Kutscher | Photo (detail): Monika Sandel ©Monika Sandel
    Volker Kutscher
  • Die Die Akte Vaterland ©Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH
    Die Akte Vaterland
  • Märzgefallene ©Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH
 
Volker Kutscher, born in 1962, worked as an editor at a daily newspaper after his studies in Philosophy, History and German studies and before he wrote his first crime novel. Today he lives in Cologne and works as a freelance author. Der nasse Fisch (The wet fish) is his first book of his crime series with inspector Rath in Berlin during the 1930s. 

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