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Work InformationThe Ice Queen by Nele Neuhaus (2009)
![]() Books Read in 2019 (734) No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() The Ice Queen is the third mystery novel by Nele Neuhaus featuring detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver Bodenstein. As the book opens, an old Jewish man and holocaust survivor, has been found murdered execution style with the number “11645” written in the victim’s blood. During his autopsy they discover that his body has a tattoo marking him as a member of the Nazis SS. Shortly after the first murder, two more elderly people are killed in a similar way. As Pia Kirchoff and Oliver von Bodenstein of the Kripo hunt for the perpetrator of this crime, as well as the true identity of the victim, clues that suggest that each of these victims is not actually a survivor but a perpetrator of Nazi war crimes. The only other connection is their lifelong friendship with Vera Kaltensee, the head of a rich and well-respected local family. The Ice Queen has some great twists that will keep readers guessing who the murderer is until the very end. Oliver and Pia make a great team and their camaraderie and friendship give them emotional depth that will intrigue the reader. The author does a great job describing the German setting. I felt like there were too many characters and as a result I found myself confused in some places and had to go back and reread a section. The plot was difficult to follow in some cases but I was interested enough in what was happening to keep reading. I definitely plan on continuing the series. Der 92-jährige Holocaust-Überlebende David Josua Goldberg wird durch einen Genickschuss getötet. Der Tote trägt am Arm Reste einer Blutgruppentätowierung, wie sie bei Angehörigen der SS üblich war. Zwei weitere Morde folgen, auch sie gleichen Hinrichtungen. Welches dunkle Geheimnis verband die Opfer miteinander? Die Ermittlungen führen Hauptkommissar von Bodenstein und Pia Kirchhoff tief zurück in Deutschlands Vergangenheit. An old man is found dead, shot execution-style. He is a well-known and rich Jewish ex-pat visiting Germany regularly. However during his autopsy something odd is found, a tattoo indicating that he was a member of the SS. Then another old man is found murdered in the same way, then an old woman. How is this linked to Vera Kaltensee, a rich and irascible member of local society? Bodenstein and Kirchoff are tasked with untangling this series of cases and the clues lead to events that happened in 1945 in East Prussia, now Poland. As with the previous Neuhaus book I read, this book took some getting into. The plot is convoluted but suddenly it all starts to make sense. There is a nice blind alley or two and the final solution is devastatingly simple. The workings of K-11 are still a little indecipherable but the development of the character of Pia Kirchoff is good. An enjoyable read. "The Ice Queen is a character- and plot-driven mystery about revenge, power, and long-forgotten and covered up secrets from a time in German history that still affects the present." from the description. With regards to translation, I was a disappointed frequently with the "slang" chosen. When it appeared, it was stiffened in my audio version, and added nothing to the effect of the moment. There was an interesting plot beneath, but 12 discs and names that my ear had difficulty following, led me to wish it would end soon. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: The body of ninety-two-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. A five-digit number is scrawled in blood at the murder scene. The autopsy reveals an old and unsuccessfully covered tattoo on the corpse's armâ??a blood type marker once used by Hitler's SS. Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are faced with a riddle. Was the old man not Jewish after all? Who was he, really? Two more, similar murders happenâ??one a wheelchair-bound old lady in a nursing home, the other a man with a cellar filled with Nazi paraphernaliaâ??and slowly the connection between the victims becomes evident: all of them were lifelong friends with Vera Kaltensee, baroness, well-respected philanthropist, and head of an old, rich family that she rules with an iron fist. Pia and Oliver follow the trail, which leads them all the way back to the end of World War II and the area of Poland that then belonged to East Prussia. No one is who they claim to be, and things only begin to make sense when the two investigators realize what the bloody number stands forâ??and uncover an old diary and an eyewitness who is finally willing to come forward. The Ice Queen, prequel to the bestseller Snow White Must Die, is a character- and plot-driven mystery about revenge, power, and secrets long forgotten, secrets from a time in German history that still affects the p No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.92Literature German and related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1990-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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