# The Carnival Master

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- Authors: [Craig Russell](https://www.bookquiver.com/craig-russell)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-04-09

## Description

Fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin will love this dangerously dark and utterly compelling thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell . You won't be able to put it down... 'Absolutely loved it... The kind of thriller that made me wat to be a writer in the first place' - Christopher Brookmyre 'Don't have any doubts just read. Craig Russell is an absolute master' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping and compelling' -- ***** Reader review 'A gripping, clever and intelligently written crime novel' -- ***** Reader review 'A truly superb thriller' -- ***** Reader review 'A riveting read, full of complex twist and turns, a real page turner, you won't want to put down.' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************* HE KNOWS WHAT HE'LL DO. AND THE POLICE KNOW WHEN HE'LL DO IT. The Cologne police know a woman is going to die. They know the day it will happen. And they're powerless to stop it. They call on an outside expert: Jan Fabel , head of Hamburg's Murder Squad and Germany's leading authority on serial killers. Fabel is on the point of leaving the police for good, but Carnival in Cologne is a time when the world goes crazy, and he is drawn into the hunt for the Carnival Cannibal . What he doesn't know is that he is on a collision course with a crack special forces unit from Ukraine and a disturbed colleague with a score to settle. Fabel finds himself on a trail of betrayal and vengeance, violence and death. And once more he faces his greatest enemy. The true Master of the Carnival.

## Editions

### The Carnival Master

- Publisher: arrow
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-264-5
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2009-04-09
- Language: en_GB