by David Thomas · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781780877365
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«Ostland» is the historical novel and thriller by David Thomas, published by Quercus in hardcover in English.
In 1941 Berlin, detective Georg Heuser pursues a serial killer who murders women near the S-Bahn tracks. In 1959, lawyer Paula Siebert investigates Nazi crimes and tries to understand how Heuser, now detained, went from pursuing evil to becoming part of it on the Russian front, in the Nazi territory called Ostland.
The novel, originally published in 2013, is based on a real case and blends criminal investigation with the context of the Second World War.
For readers of historical thrillers and fiction about the Second World War and the Holocaust.
David Lynn Thomas was an American singer, songwriter and poet based in the United Kingdom. He was one of the founding members of the American rock group Pere Ubu from 1975 to 1982, then 1987 through to his death in 2025. Earlier, he co-founded the proto-punk band Rocket from the Tombs, which lasted from 1974 to 1975. He also released several solo albums and collaborative projects. Most notable were the groups David Thomas and the Pedestrians as well as David Thomas and Two Pale Boys.
