Review: Ice Cold

Ice Cold by Andrea Maria Schenkel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Germany in the 1930's: not much work and there's a serial killer and rapist around Munich. Several young girls have been attacked, but now the police have a suspect in custody.

Told in different voices, it's a strange story of violence, sex and people that just drift around, without much aim in life.
The characters: Josef Kalteis, who tells his story to the police in a cold way (as cold as his name, as Kalteis means Ice Cold), accepting what he has done, but not acknowledging anything wrong in his actions.
And some of the girls: Young Kathie who leaves her boring village for Munich, in hope of making her way in life and slowly falls into prostitution. Kuni, who was going to Munich to visit her sisters. Erna, about to get married. Marlis, attacked on her way to the beach.

This is a very dark book, as you expect something awful to happen to the girls described, and it does.
Even though I'm a big crime & thriller reader, I found this book very disquieting, too harsh. I also find the style complicated. Maybe it was the translation, but I struggled and sometimes found the different voices confusing.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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