Title: Broken Glass (A Nik Pohl Thriller Book 1) Pdf
One murdered, one missing. Both are almost identical.
Detective Nik Pohl has seen every shade of darkness in his career. Not used to playing by the rules, he finds himself frozen out by his superiors. What’s worse, now he’s being blackmailed by a shadowy businessman into investigating a seemingly crimeless disappearance.
A young woman, Viola, left her home months ago, leaving a letter to her parents saying she wouldn’t be coming back. With a little digging Nik discovers the case of an almost identical-looking woman, who went missing in similar circumstances. There’s one important difference: that woman is dead. Viola may still be alive… but perhaps not for much longer.
When Nik is viciously attacked, it becomes clear that whoever is behind Viola’s disappearance has some high-level connections, and they will stop at nothing to shut him down. But he’s in too deep and the clock is ticking. He has to find Viola, and her captors, before it’s too late.
From million-copy bestselling German author Alexander Hartung
In Nik Pohl's Munich, young women are disappearing and only the new-fallen snow is pure. To a visitor, Munich is an enchanting Olde World city of gorgeous buildings, pristine parks, and friendly locals. But every large city has its seedy parts and Nik Pohl finds them all, deliberately or by accident. And he discovers that sometimes the most horrible crimes are committed in the most unlikely places.Nik is the classic, on-the-skids cop of modern detective novels, with one exception. We never learn what turned him bitter and self-destructive, although we get a hint at the end of the book. He's become obsessed with the murder of a young wife, convinced that the CID investigation was deliberately botched in deference to the powerful husband who killed her. Even in modern Germany with its female head-of-state, male privilege is alive and well and money talks everywhere.Still, beating up the DA in charge of the case is a risky move for a detective and (predictably) results only in Nik losing favor with department heads. He now works unimportant cases with a partner he despises, under a supervisor concerned only with his own advancement. His access to departmental computer files has been curtailed and only his friend Tilo in the Major Crimes Unit will get information for him. In the modern world, taking away a cop's computer access is worse than taking away his badge or his gun.It looks like Nik's bad attitude and heavy drinking will soon end his employment in law enforcement, but before that can happen, a shadowy character ropes him into an unauthorized investigation. Jon is a computer whiz with unlimited money and connections and he wants to know why the police aren't investigating the unexplained disappearance of a young woman named Viola. As Nik investigates, it becomes apparent that more than one young woman is missing in Munich and those disappearances may be connected.Olga, Kathrin, and Viola seem to have little in common. Olga is a Russian country girl brought to Germany by human traffickers and forced into prostitution. Kathrin is a bright young career woman with a drug addiction. Viola is a radiant flower child paying her way through university by working as a bartender at a trendy watering hole called The Palace. Now Olga and Viola have disappeared and Kathrin's death was labeled an accident in spite of evidence to the contrary. And there are well-connected, well-funded people blocking investigations into their deaths. Money buys loyalty and services and Nik quickly learns that he can trust no one, not even fellow cops.The common denominator is a mysterious place called The Meadows Beauty Resort, which is actually a rehab center for wealthy addicts. Nik becomes a patient and his snooping uncovers some secrets that put The Meadows on the front pages of every newspaper in Munich. Meanwhile, Jon is busy on his computer, collating information, trying to find someone who's connected with both The Palace and The Meadows. What he finds busts the case wide open, almost gets Nik killed (again!), and exposes the fact that Munich's feudal past is still very much a force in the 21st century.I didn't think I was going to like this book. The beginning is almost absurdly gloomy. It's hard to buy into a story when practically all the characters are either corrupt or pawns of corruption. However, it improves as it goes along. And (thank God) the author seems to remember that his readers might like a little humor in the story.The second half is still over-the-top, but we start meeting some good guys and there are some comic scenes to lighten the mood. The crooked pathologist Balthasar and his campy hairdresser friend are hilarious as they fly around transforming a blue-collar cop into a wealthy, young addict. And once they get Nik into The Meadows, his new friend Leo is a wonderful addition to the cast of characters. At that point, the story morphs into a caper and a very interesting one. It stops just short of farce, but it does use every technological gimmick in the business.This is obviously intended to be the first in a series of mysteries. I got more involved in it than I thought possible at the beginning. Nik and Jon and Balthasar are a fine, entertaining team of crime-fighters. I wouldn't mind reading more of their adventures and I suspect the next book will be better than this one. Munich is a fascinating city and a wonderful setting. I think this series has real potential.What a crapfest Here's another example of pathetic writing. Look at this sentence: "Flurries of snowflakes were waltzing in the cold January wind, savouring their last moments before melting in the brown sludge on the pavements." I threw up when I read that useless sentence. It adds nothing to the story, but apparently the author thought so. If the author thinks that sentence is appropriate, one knows the rest of the book is filled with more stupid sentences. Stay away from this one.
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