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: A British military officer who assists Stave, representing the complicated relationship between the occupied and the occupiers.

: The pressure on Stave mounts as two more bodies are discovered, pointing to a serial killer operating in the shadows of the black market. Key Characters

: An experienced detective burdened by his past and the chaos of the present. Rademacher, Cay Frank Stave 02 Der Schieber...

: The case begins when the body of a young boy is discovered in the ruins of a bombed-out shipyard.

: 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. : A British military officer who assists Stave,

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.

: Frank’s son, who unexpectedly returns from Russian captivity during the investigation, forcing Frank to navigate a painful familial reconciliation. : The case begins when the body of

: Following the brutal "hunger winter" of 1946/47, Hamburg is now suffering under an unseasonable heatwave in May 1947.