Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel
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Andrea Maria Schenkel's second novel Ice Cold recreates Munich, Germany in the 1930s to revisit a terrible crime, and offers thrilling crime fiction that draws on historical events. Ice Cold, like The Murder Farm, is told through several voices and documentation, including interrogation logs, witness statements, and the murderer's own internal monologue.Munich in the late 1930s-the first years of fascism and the last before the war-is a dangerous place. Kathie is desperate to leave her sheltered village life and sets out for the city, determined that she'll get by, one way or another. She is dark-haired, buxom and pretty, like the women who recently disappeared without a trace.Young women are being found around Munich, abused and murdered. Josef Kalteis has been arrested, but is he really responsible for all those misdeeds? Did they execute the wrong one while the murderer is still on the loose?Lost somewhere in between her naive search for luck and existential concerns, occasional prostitution and the desire for true love, Kathie is in grave danger.
Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel- Amazon Sales Rank: #2801579 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.75" h x .75" w x 5.75" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 192 pages
Review "[Ice Cold] packs a far harder punch and lingers longer in the mind than many a longer, more convoluted work."―Laura Wilson, The GuardianThis novel is vivid, bleak and short . . . The novel certainly has power, and the story of the murderer (ignorant, violent and yet passive when confronted by authority) and his victims, as well as the other characters, is starkly memorable, not least because of the ability of the author to convey experiences from her characters' perspectives and with their emotions."―Maxine Clarke, Eurocrime"From the propaganda of the Nazi politicians through the desperate lives of ordinary Munich citizens to the troubles of the sexually abused heroine, Schenkel marshals her material to fashion a novel that for all its brevity conveys an ambitious scale."―Barry Forshaw, The Daily Mail"Schenkel, whose first novel, The Murder Farm, earned comparisons to In Cold Blood, draws readers in slowly with her extremely dispassionate style. As the oddities escalate . . . the book acquires a numbing power. Those who believe fiction needs sympathetic characters to involve the reader will meet their match in Schenkel. Schenkel's second novel, a No. 1 seller in Germany, takes leave from mainstream crime fiction with its merciless depiction of a rapist killer and his victims."―Kirkus Reviews"Engaging . . . Schenkel marshals her material to fashion a novel that for all its brevity conveys an ambitious scale."―Express"In the very ordinariness of Kathie's sorry fate after only a week in Munich, and in the plausibility of Kalteis's self-justifications, Schenkel illustrates one of the bleakest tragedies of modern times: that so many saw what was happening, yet no one really reacted-a metaphor for the Holocaust to come."―Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"short, dark, and haunting --difficult to put down"―Killer Nashville
About the Author Andrea Maria Schenkel lives with her family near Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany. On publication in Germany, her first novel, The Murder Farm, won the German Crime Prize as well as the Friedrich-Glauser Prize.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. German Rendell By Christine N. Ethier Disclaimer: ARC via NetgalleyAndrea Maria Schenkel is Germany’s answer to Britain’s Ruth Rendell.Can I end the review now, I mean what more do you need to know?Schenkel’s novel deals with a sexual murderer during the late Weimer period. (If you have read Maria Tatar’s Lustmord, you should check this book out). Told in a variety of voices, the book is as compelling as Rendell at her best.At one level the book is a psychological study of a killer, at another level it is a study of a girl wanting more, and at a third level it is a look at those who are either killed or those who are left behind. The reader is placed in the position of listening investigator. While at the beginning, it almost seems too multi-perspective but as the reader gets use to the format, as the format evens out, whichever it is becomes the only way to tell this story.And it is grippingly told.Schenkel aptly deals with the differing perspectives without making any one character too much of a dislikable idiot or too much an unbelievable stellar of perfection. The only change to the pattern is the reader’s interaction with the murderer. With that character Schenkel walks the fine line of presenting the character while not justifying his behavior. She walks this line very well, and the passages of the book involving this character work.It’s not your average murder mystery that’s for sure.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Disquieting By PIA Germany in the 1930's: not much work and there's a serial killer and rapist around Munich. Several young girls have been attacked, but now the police have a suspect in custody.Told in different voices, it's a strange story of violence, sex and people that just drift around, without much aim in life.The characters: Josef Kalteis, who tells his story to the police in a cold way (as cold as his name, as Kalteis means Ice Cold), accepting what he has done, but not acknowledging anything wrong in his actions.And some of the girls: Young Kathie who leaves her boring village for Munich, in hope of making her way in life and slowly falls into prostitution. Kuni, who was going to Munich to visit her sisters. Erna, about to get married. Marlis, attacked on her way to the beach.This is a very dark book, as you expect something awful to happen to the girls described, and it does.Even though I'm a big crime & thriller reader, I found this book very disquieting, too harsh. I also find the style complicated. Maybe it was the translation, but I struggled and sometimes found the different voices confusing.I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Too much trouble By Anonymouse There may be a gripping story here but I sure didn't find it. The multiple POV, the large cast of characters, and the lack of a narrative thread were too tiresome and I didn't finish.
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