doc Ü The Valkyrie Song ´ Craig Russell
Old War involving a highly trained group of female assassins known by the codename Valkyrie Fabel's hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer The ultimate avenging angel Fabel soon realizes the real danger he faces in hunting the Valkyrie I love reading about murder in Hamburg I just wish the books in this series were available in US libraries so I didn't need to buy the ebooks from uk Although they're worth every penny
Craig Russell ´ The Valkyrie Song pdf
The Valkyrie SongEars a female serial killer the Angel of St Pauli again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg's red light district dying of the most savage knife wounds death of a Serbian gangster And a long forgotten project by East Germany's Stasi conceived at the height of the C I love the Jan Fabel series but there's an element of Basil Fawlty's Don't mention the war to the novels which means of course it's there in the background all the time and I wonder whether this has to do with the writer being British not German? Which is a bit hypocritical of me since part of what attracts me to the novels is my own obsession with WWII Finished this book and have moved on already to the next one the advantage of coming to a series late They are compulsive reading for sure and I am very fond now of Jan Fabel and his Hamburg murder suad various other supporting characters z too the bookseller friend from university days for eg all well developed Still not too fond of Susanne though I've learned to tolerate her presence in Fabel's life and Russell doesn't dwell too much on their relationship When he does however it's realistic I like that Fabel is a nice guy professional and widely admired though prone to self doubt Not without humour either He's well adjusted drinks little fear of loss of control and gets on with others including colleagues and for the most part his superiors so not the usual troubled or damaged detective Fabel has a good life and yet he isn't all that happy though usually the demands of his job provide distraction Although he and Susanne have been living together for two years by now still he misses his old flat the one with the stupendous view His work is his focus and everything else must give way Luckily Susanne seems happy enough with what she has and I like that about her that she doesn't force Fabel to choose The cases are complex but not too much to understand there are plenty of twists and surprises though careful reading allows the reader to work out what's going on before the police do due to our advantage of the criminals' perspectives This means even the worst of them can be seen as human beings not simply monsters I like too the way Russell's characters develop and change through the series reflecting the difficult work they do the horrors they must deal with real physical danger faced And the way history weaves into the stories reflecting Germany's and Europe's dark pastI was amused when Russell has one of his characters comment upon the tendency of Brits to dwell on the past and be obsessed with WWII see above I was reminded of Deutschland 83 with the Stasi project involving the Valkyrie three female assassins selected and trained to fight the Cold War