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008			080508s2005 nyub 000 1 eng
010			_a2004014169
020			_a0-307-33619-0
082	0	0	_aMYS RAB
100	1		_aRabb, Jonathan
245	1	0	_aRosa : _ba novel _c/ Jonathan Rabb
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Crown Publishers _c, c2005.
300			_a405 p. _b: map _c; 25 cm.
520			_a"In the last days of the First World War, socialist revolution swept across Germany, sending Kaiser Wilhelm into exile and transforming Berlin into a battleground. But for Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his young assistant, Hans Fichte, the revolution is a mere inconvenience. Four women from the slums of Berlin have turned up dead, all with identical markings etched into their backs, and Hoffner and Fichte have spent the better part of six weeks trying to crack the bizarre case." "Things take a troubling turn when the political police begin to show an interest in Hoffner's investigation. Hoffner has no idea why the Polpo would want to get their hands dirty with a serial murderer, until he is shown the lifeless body of Rosa Luxemburg, the same eerie markings on her back. Rumors abound that Rosa, one of the leaders of the suppressed socialist uprising, was assassinated by an angry mob, but the pattern carved into her back tells a different story." "Jonathan Rabb paints a picture of a city and a people poised between the chaos of the First World War and the darkness to come, a time when political thugs, petty thieves, and charismatic leaders rushed to fill the void left behind. Into this gap steps Hoffner, who, while battling his own personal demons, is still determined to find out who is preying on the women of Berlin, even as he gets drawn deeper into the mystery surrounding Rosa's death. Hoffner's search for the killer leads him on a dark and twisted journey through the battle-scarred streets of the city, where he soon discovers that nothing is as it appears. And while he finds allies in unexpected places, he is met at every turn by men who will stop at nothing to keep him from finding out the truth about Rosa."--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aLuxemburg, Rosa, 1871-1919, Fiction
650		0	_aAttempted assassination _x--Fiction
650		0	_aWomen revolutionaries _x--Fiction
650		0	_aWomen socialists _x--Fiction
650			_aWomen communists _v--Fiction
651			_aBerlin (Germany) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aAlternative histories _x--Fiction
655		7	_aBiographical fiction
942			_cMO
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