When two women are “accidently” killed by gas leaks, Sergeant Studer investigates the thinly disguised double murder in Bern and Basel. The trail leads to a geologist dead from a tropical fever in a Moroccan Foreign Legion post and a murky oil deal involving rapacious politicians and their henchmen. With the help of a hashish-induced dream and the common sense of his stay-at-home wife, Studer solves the multiple riddles on offer. But assigning guilt remains an elusive affair.
Fever, a European crime classic, was first published in 1936. It has been translated into four languages. This is its first publication in English and the third in the Sergeant Studer series published by Bitter Lemon Press.
Author Information
Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna in 1896. Often referred to as the Swiss Simenon, he died aged forty-two a few days before he was due to be married. Diagnosed a schizophrenic, addicted to morphine...
The Translator
Mike Mitchell has translated some thirty books, including 'Simplicissimus' by Grimmelshausen and all the novels of Gustav Meyrink. He won the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck German translation prize.
Other books in the series
In Matto's Realm by Friedrich Glauser
ISBN: 978-1904738-06-0
Price: £8.99 and $13.95
The Chinaman by Friedrich Glauser
ISBN: PB• 978-1904738-21-3
Price: £9.99 and $14.95
Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser
ISBN: 978-1904738-00-8
Price: £8.99 and $13.95
The Spoke by Friedrich Glauser
ISBN: 9781904738275
Price: £8.99 and $14.95
Praise for Fever
''Still wonderfully fresh after all these years this novel superbly reflects Studer's chaotic mind and deserves to place Glauser as an important European crime writer.'' Eastern Daily Press
''Glauser is widely regarded as the German speaking world's answer to Simenon. His hero, sergeant Studer, is a dogged copper who hides his steely determination behind an avuncular façade...'' Mail on Sunday
Internet links
Glauser-Crimetime Article
www.crimetime.co.uk/ make_page.php?id=42
Glauser- Wegbereiter des deutschsprachigen Kriminalromans
www.detektivroman.de/ autoren/ autoren_40.htm
Glauser-Biografie (Gutenberg Projekt)
gutenberg.spiegel.de/ autoren/ glauser.htm
Glauser-Ein Leben am Rande
www.culturactif.ch/ ecrivains/ glauser.htm
Glauser-krimi-couch
www.krimi-couch.de/ krimis/ friedrich-glauser.html
Glauser- Mit Komik und Ironie gegen die Gesetze der Psychologie
www.literaturkritik.de/ public/ rezension.php?rez_id=3490
Glauser-Lexikon der deutschen Krimi-Autoren
ourworld.compuserve.com/ homepages/ KARR_WEHNER/ glauser.htm
Glauser und Dada
www.banz.tv/text_glauser.html
