THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLIN "[Kutscher's] trick is ingenious...He's created a portrait of an era through the lens of genre fiction."- The New York Times Volker Kutscher, author of the international bestseller _ Babylon Berlin , continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with _ The Silent Death as a police inspector investigates the crime and corruption of a decadent 1930s Berlin in the shadows of the growing Nazi movement. March 1930: The film business is in a process of change. Talking films are taking over the silver screen and many a producer, cinema owner, and silent movie star is falling by the wayside. Celebrated actress Betty Winter is hit by a spotlight while filming a