The fifth, and last, novel in the much-acclaimed Studer series
Why must the festive dinner in the Hirschen Inn be interrupted? A murder puts an end to the wedding celebration of Studer’s daughter. A man is found with a sharpened bicycle spoke embedded in his back, and a suspect is quickly arrested--a bit too quickly, thinks Studer. Property speculation, usury and betrayed love find their way into this tightly written mystery novel that calls on Studer’s intuitive, often absurd, yet efficient police methods.
The Spoke, a European crime classic, was first published in 1937. It has been translated into six languages. This is its first publication in English.
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
Fever by Friedrich Glauser
ISBN: 978-1904738-14-5
Price: £9.99 and $14.95
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
Praise for The Spoke
'Glauser has an eye for pathology, perhaps the result of his own extended stays in mental hospitals ' Times Literary Supplement
'An opium addict who began his crime writing career in an asylum, Friedrich Glauser is renowned as "the Swiss Simenon...' The Guardian
