Silence by Mechtild Borrmann (ePUB+)

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August 1939: six young people band together in the face of war-torn Germany, their friendship about to be put on trial as they land on opposite sides of World War II. Flash forward to November 1997: Robert Lubisch brings the group back together for the first time in decades to investigate a tragic family secret. Trust is shattered when one of the friends turns up murdered, leaving all of them guilty until proven innocent.

Winner of the 2012 Deutscher Krimi Prize for best crime novel.

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Review

“[Borrmann’s] voice is unique in the landscape of German crime writing. Not sanitized, not market-oriented, but individual. A writer who has something to say—and finds the right words, phrases, and stories to say it with.” —Ulrich Noller, Deutsche Welle

About the Author

Born in 1960, Mechtild Borrmann lives in Bielefeld, Germany. She spent her childhood and youth in the lower Rhine region—the setting for her crime stories. She works as a dance and theater instructor, among other professions. She is the author of Morgen ist der Tag nach gestern (Tomorrow Is the Day after Yesterday, 2007) and Mitten in der Stadt (Right in the City, 2009). Silence (Wer das Schweigen bricht) won the 2012 Deutscher Krimi Prize for best crime novel, and it marks her English debut.