Stasi Wolf

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Karin Muller is a first lieutenant with the state police.  The first woman to have achieved such an elevated position.  She starred in David Young’s first novel, Stasi Child.  Stasi is the East German secret police, the Ministry of State Security, a body who would have preferred to deal with the disappearance of twin babies in Halle-Neustadt in 1975 themselves but have Karin and her two deputies foisted upon them.  There is both chauvinist and natural professional resentment.  We have learned a lot about Karin in Young’s first book, facts he cleverly weaves in here so you can get a full understanding of her chequered background without having read the first.  A lot more personal history develops here too so Young may have a hard time incorporating it all into book three!  By then, hopefully, he will be popular enough for fans to read the earlier books.  They are straight police procedural stuff with plenty of twists and human drama but what makes these stand out is their place in history.  This is a fascinating period and a fascinating place, both beautifully realised. ~ Sarah Broadhurst

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