March 1930.
The murder of an actress leads Gereon Rath to the studios of Berlin, which was then the capital of cinema. The young policeman experiences the dark sides of this glamorous world and witnesses the transition from silent to talking cinema. The talking conquers the screens, and so producers, theater managers, and silent film stars are pushed to the sidelines. Volker Kutscher seamlessly connects the new adventure of Inspector Rath with his previous bestseller The Wet Fish and brings 1930s Berlin to life through a complex and thrilling detective story.