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Ebook Details
  • 11/2024
  • 9783982431260 B0DKBV22DM
  • 226 pages
  • $2.99
Paperback Details
  • 11/2024
  • 9783982431215 3982431212
  • 226 pages
  • $7.95
Peter Sarda
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Edda Green
Peter Sarda, author
Edda Green is a walking time bomb. Three years ago, she lost a hand to an IED outside Kandahar and gained a taste for oxycodone and extreme violence. Now, she’s been released from prison by BKA to infiltrate the revolutionary cell behind the May Day riots in Hamburg. Instead of following orders, she encourages even more mayhem to cover her hunt for the people who killed her blood brother. Along the way, she meets the love of her life, a hacker named Indigo. Together, the two outsiders make enemies who don’t forgive or forget.
Reviews
Sarda’s brutal modern thriller (the third in the Hamburg Noir series) explodes like a Molotov cocktail as revolution and murder collide on the streets of Hamburg. Former Bundeswehr (German military force) bomb disposal expert Edda Green thrives in the city’s underbelly, fueled by oxycodone and violence. Employed by the shadowy BKA to infiltrate a revolutionary cell responsible for deadly riots, Edda goes off the rails when the tortured body of her Army blood brother washes up in the harbor. Homicide detective Meike Voss, alongside Meike’s partner Motz Beck and team leader Thomas Ritter, is on the case, too, with all signs pointing toward a foreign conspiracy.

Sarda commands readers’ attention with energized prose, snapping the world and its characters into unflinching focus and presenting a gnarly, atmospheric mosaic of a Hamburg where everybody, as Edda reflects, “knew the difference between an insider and an outsider. And nobody liked the cops.” There’s a lived-in sense to everything (and everyone), where even the idlest of background figures feel less like set dressing and more like essential denizens in their own right. It’s an impressive weaving of vitality and messy humanity.

As a Californian living and working in Hamburg, Sarda leverages his perspective in crafting a striking vision of a “rugged harbor town… with a robust and colorful criminal underworld.” From the WWII-era bunker Edda calls home to the Blankenese foothills overlooking the container islands in the harbor, there is a palpable vein of history pumping beneath the concrete skin of Sarda’s Hamburg to match the beating hearts of his cast. Shuddering with vibrant immersion, Edda Green practically muscles its lesser parts into working order, culminating in the kind of engaging, street-level crime fiction noir fans crave.

Takeaway: A vibrant, muscular neo-noir, alive with magnetic characters and a vivid Hamburg.

Comparable Titles: Andrew Warren’s Cold Kill, Nic Saint’s A Field of Blood.

Production grades
Cover: A-
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: N/A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: B

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 11/2024
  • 9783982431260 B0DKBV22DM
  • 226 pages
  • $2.99
Paperback Details
  • 11/2024
  • 9783982431215 3982431212
  • 226 pages
  • $7.95
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