Winter and the General (Severn House Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Julian Jay Savarin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Severn House Large Print | Publication Date: February 1, 2008

A Hauptkommissar M?ller investigation - When M?ller gets an anonymous message on his secure phone, it uncovers a nightmare of secrets that lie beneath the slaughterhouse of Stalingrad and opens up a frightening view into a past that lives on in Germany's present. A welcome return for Mueller and his cynical side-kick Pappenheim.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Another solid, unabashedly old-fashioned spy thriller following fast on the heels of 2003's Romeo Summer proves England's Savarin to be the legitimate heir to Len Deighton & Co. Berlin-based German cop Hauptkommissar Jens Muller, a wealthy, titled young man who drives a customized Porsche and wears his hair in a ponytail, and his deputy, the chain-smoking and more defiantly plebian Pappenheim, are cleaning up the final details of that previous messy case, wherein several embedded spies from the 1960s were found to be still active in the German government. But then a mystery dating back to the World War II siege of Stalingrad surfaces. An old man discovered with his throat cut in a mansion on a snowbound island off Germany's northeast coast appears to be a Nazi, one General von Mappus, infamous for his single-minded brutality during that bleakest of battles. But there are many past and current secrets hidden beneath the snow, and by digging into them Muller risks his own neck-and that of his sexy CIA shooting buddy, Carey Bloomfield, who first appeared in Muller's inaugural outing, Cold Rain in Berlin. Savarin's narrative moves back and forth between 1942 and the present, revealing von Mappus's evildoing and Muller's attempts to solve the murder of a man who deserved to die. Savarin's writing, especially his dialogue, often reads like a translation from the original German or Russian-it's workmanlike, but then again, it offers an interesting extra touch of realism.
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About the Author

Savarin was educated in Britain and took a degree in history before serving in the Royal Air Force.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 351 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727876457
• ISBN-13: 978-0727876454
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,609,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julian Jay Savarin is a British author and musician. He writes in severals genres - in addition to science fiction, espionage, thriller, mystery, police procedural, and air combat. His complete Muller series (9 books) - about a Berlin policeman with English connections - will be available on Kindle soon. Currently, the fifth of that series - Hunter's Rain - is available. In future titles for Kindle the author returns to his science fiction roots with the centuries-long novel 'The Lost Eagle' and the motor racing novel 'The Last Corner'.