Brother Grimm

By Langston Hughes

Book Overview

From the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell, comes this exquisitely plotted, intelligent and blindingly original crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. If you like Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin, you won't be disappointed.

'A blood-curdlingly clever plot...thoughtful and imaginative' - THE TIMES
'A gorgeous, grisly serial-killer tale' - EXPRESS
'I read this book in one sitting, sat on the edge of my seat and tapping my kindle like a demented wood pecker.' -- ***** Reader review
'Addictive' -- ***** Reader review
'An absolutely gripping read ' -- ***** Reader review
'I really couldn't put this down and was disappointed every time I had to stop reading.' -- ***** Reader review

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FAIRY TALES DON'T ALWAYS END WELL...

A Hamburg beach: a girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand, a message concealed in her hand. 'I have been underground, and now it is time for me to return home...'

Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg murder squad, struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and a woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed, the names 'Hansel' and 'Gretel', rolled tight and pressed into their hands.

As it becomes clear that each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected by the Brothers Grimm, the hunt is on for a serial killer who is exploring our darkest, most fundamental fears.

A predator who kills and then disappears into the shadows. A monster we all learned to fear in childhood.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531005658
• ISBN13: 9780531005651
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 9

Customer Reviews

murder is no fairy tale...

Pro: I purchased this book on a whim, had never heard of the author and had never even read a brothers Grimm fairytale. This was a very unique story to be told. An unknown person kills people in refrence to fairytales from the brothers grimm, detective fabel and his team realize they must find the murderer before he kills again. The murderer however has impeccable percision when dealing with his victims, paying careful attention...

`His awareness of her began with the total extinction of her awareness of anything.'

Brothers Grimm and, like the folk stories themselves, have a number of hidden messages. Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg Murder Squad, and his team are in a race against time to try to solve the cases and to try to prevent further murders. This is a fast-paced novel. In addition to the actions around each murder, the reader is drawn into the mind and motivations of the murderer. From the perspective of the investigating team,...

Very Grimm indeed

I thought that Mr. Russels first novel "Blood Eagle" was not only very well written, fleshing out nicely the characters, giving them faces and thoughts and all, but also stuctured in a way that more reflected reality than you would normally expect from a whodunnit novel. His second book, "Brother Grimm" is even better. It follows the same team of Hamburg murder detectives as "Blood Eagle", Jan Fabel and his murder commission...

From the back cover...

A girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach, a message concealed in her hand. 'I have been underground, and now it is time for me to return home...' Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg murder squad, struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and a woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed deep and wide, the names 'Hansel' and 'Gretel', in the same, tiny,...