: Following the brutal "hunger winter" of 1946/47, Hamburg is now suffering under an unseasonable heatwave in May 1947.
Der Schieber (English title: The Wolf Children ) is the second installment in Cay Rademacher’s historical crime trilogy featuring Oberinspektor Frank Stave. Set in post-WWII Hamburg, the novel is a gritty police procedural that doubles as a vivid exploration of a city struggling to survive under British occupation.
: Stave’s investigation leads him into the desperate world of "Wolfskinder"—orphaned children who fled from occupied Eastern territories. These children form survivalist gangs, working as "coal-clawers," smugglers, and even prostitutes. Rademacher, Cay Frank Stave 02 Der Schieber...
: A British military officer who assists Stave, representing the complicated relationship between the occupied and the occupiers.
: Stave’s love interest, whom he struggles to maintain a relationship with amidst his professional and personal turmoil. Historical Significance Der Schieber : Amazon.com.au: Books : Following the brutal "hunger winter" of 1946/47,
: Frank’s son, who unexpectedly returns from Russian captivity during the investigation, forcing Frank to navigate a painful familial reconciliation.
: An experienced detective burdened by his past and the chaos of the present. : Stave’s investigation leads him into the desperate
: The case begins when the body of a young boy is discovered in the ruins of a bombed-out shipyard.