The Protecting Hand

This time, political detective master Schorlau traces chilling suspicions about the "deep" relations between the secret services of the German state and neo-Nazis. Between 2000 and 2006, nine immigrants, one of Greek origin and eight of Turkish origin, were killed in Germany. This series of murders was long covered in the media as "doner kebab murders", attributed to mafia-like affairs among Turkish citizens. The perpetrators of these murders also killed a police officer in 2007. In 2011, they died under suspicious circumstances in the trailer they were surrounded in after a bank robbery. It turned out that these two perpetrators were members of an organization called "National Socialist Underground". The tendency of the security apparatus was to reduce this organization to a three-man cell with its surviving female comrades. However, the information, narratives, and suspicions revealed reveal the existence of an elaborate network that is also being watched over officially.

In this novel, Wolfgang Schorlau pursues a real political detective case, just this case. So seriously, thoroughly and meticulously that his opinion was officially sought as an expert in the National Socialist Underground investigation! “In fact, a warning note should be attached to this book: 'Caution, it may shake your trust in the state!'

-Abendzeıtung Munich-

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13x19.5

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Media Type: Paperback