Skip to content
The Second Rider (Paperback)
  • The Second Rider (Paperback)
zoom

The Second Rider (Paperback)

(author), (translator)
3 Reviews Sign in to write a review
£12.99
Paperback 336 Pages
Published: 18/10/2018
Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • In stock

Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • This item has been added to your basket

First in historical crime series by “the new star of Austrian crime fiction.” (Kronen Zeitung)

Most of the remaining population of Vienna in the ruins of World War I is surviving by its wits, living hand to mouth in a city rife with crime, prostitution, and grotesquely wounded beggars. Post-war Vienna is a deeply scarred city where the glories of the Hapsburg Empire are but a fading memory, where the black market is the only market and shortages of vital goods create countless opportunities for unscrupulous operators. 

Into this cauldron of vice comes Inspector August Emmerich, a veteran whose ambitions lead him to break the rules when necessary and whose abiding wish is to join the Viennese major crimes unit. When a corpse is found in the woods outside the city and immediately labelled a suicide, Emmerich, convinced it was nothing of the sort, sees a chance to prove his mettle. But his investigations will reveal a more insidious and homicidal urge lurking in the city than even he anticipates.

Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 9781609454722
Number of pages: 336
Dimensions: 210 x 135 mm

You may also be interested in...

In Too Deep
Added to basket
Hardback
£22.00 £17.99
Butter
Added to basket
Paperback
£14.99
Exit Strategy
Added to basket
Hardback
£22.00
The Wrong Sister
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
Camino Ghosts
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
Murder at Holly House
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
The List of Suspicious Things
Added to basket
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
Added to basket
Slow Horses
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99
The Housemaid Is Watching
Added to basket
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Added to basket
How To Solve Your Own Murder
Added to basket
Voyage of the Damned
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49
Homecoming
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49
Close to Death
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
The Crash
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99

“Not playing by the rules really does get results.....”

It’s Vienna after WWI. The imperial jewel of the Austro-Hungarian empire is a city that has lost its glittering brilliance… shortages, deprivation, criminality and the majority of the population have lost hope.... More

Paperback edition
Helpful? Upvote 46
TripFiction

“Thriller set in post WW1 VIENNA”

Vienna, post WW1, is a pretty desolate and run down place. Poverty abounds and the only functioning market is the black one. Basics, like coffee and eggs, are a real treat. The streets are occupied by the homeless –... More

Paperback edition
Helpful? Upvote 22

“The next Babylon Berlin?”

This debut, the first in a new historical detective series, both thrills and charms. The Second Rider introduces Inspector August Emmerich and his side-kick Ferdinand Winter of the Vienna police force. They are... More

Paperback edition
Helpful? Upvote 21

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.