{"product_id":"the-spoke-9781904738275","title":"The Spoke","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Friedrich Glauser's other Sergeant Studer novels: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFever \u003c\/i\u003eis a deviously plotted procedural. Not many can outdo Friedrich Glauser.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This gem contains echoes of D rrenmatt, Fritz Lang's film \u003ci\u003eM \u003c\/i\u003eand Thomas Mann's \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. Both a compelling mystery and an illuminating finely wrought mainstream novel, \u003ci\u003eMatto's Realm \u003c\/i\u003ewill make it clear to American readers why the German language prize for detective fiction is named after Glauser.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThumbprint \u003c\/i\u003eis a fine example of the craft of detective writing in a period which fans will regard as the golden age of crime fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fifth, and last, novel in the much-acclaimed Sergeant Studer series. Why must the festive dinner in the Hirschen Inn be interrupted? A murder puts an end to the wedding celebration of Studer's daughter. A man is found with a sharpened bicycle spoke embedded in his back, and a suspect is quickly arrested--a bit too quickly, thinks Studer. Property speculation, usury, and betrayed love find their way into this tightly written mystery novel that calls on Studer's intuitive, often absurd, yet efficient police methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e, a European crime classic, was first published in 1937. It has been translated into six languages. This is its first publication in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFriedrich Glauser \u003c\/b\u003eis a legendary figure in European crime writing. He was a morphine and opium addict much of his life and began writing crime novels while he was an inmate at the Swiss insane asylum Waldau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904738275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/2008 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2008 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Friedrich Glauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599719895221,"sku":"9781904738275","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5763c89f-bc57-4345-a686-519aec78effa.jpg?v=1674000544","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-spoke-9781904738275","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}