David Young 
Stasi Child 
The award-winning Cold War crime thriller

In the shadow of the Berlin Wall, murder is never an open-and-shut case . . .




The award-winning, critically acclaimed Cold War crime thriller set in East Berlin – perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith, Phillip Kerr and Joseph Kanon.

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East Berlin, 1975 – When Oberleutnant Karin Müller is called to investigate a teenage girl’s body at the foot of the Wall, she imagines she’s seen it all before. But when she arrives she realises this is a death like no other. It seems the girl was trying to escape – but from the West.



Müller is a member of the People’s Police, but in East Germany her power only stretches so far. The Stasi want her to discover the identity of the girl, but assure her the case is otherwise closed – and strongly discourage her from asking questions.



The evidence doesn’t add up, and it soon becomes clear the crime scene has been staged. But this is not a regime that tolerates a curious mind, and Müller doesn’t realise that the trail she’s following will lead her dangerously close to home . . .




Stunningly authentic and brimming with moral ambiguity, STASI CHILD is the thrilling debut thriller for fans of Child 44 and An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris.

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Praise for David Young:



‘Excellent’
The Times



‘Thrilling’
William Ryan



‘Masterful’
Daily Express



‘Fast-paced’
The Sun



‘Superb. Reminded me of Robert Harris at his best’
Mason Cross



‘Up there with Martin Cruz Smith and the other greats of the field’
Abir Mukherjee

About the author

East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London’s City University when Stasi Child – his debut – won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC’s international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. The Stasi Game, his sixth novel, is available to pre-order now. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer