which is the second volume in the Gereon-Rath-Krimiserie.
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What happened to Charly? Did he not manage to win her back?
Chapter 6:
Oh nice, we now get quite some exposure to cologne dialect which is basically what I grew up with, so this gives a nice familiar touch! (If you need help figuring stuff out, please ping me.)
Other than that, Rath is again poking his nose into side affairs, and I wonder how he will get burnt this time aroundā¦
Edit: Chapter 10:
Yet another side job, it seemsā¦ Also, he is pretty much the same character as before: Drinking, trying to find ways to sneak around his boss, and being nice to his subordinates. Not too bad, actuallyā¦ I wonder when heāll break up with Kathi, and when Charly will make a reappearance, as theyāre colleagues after all.
So I finally started to listen to the second audiobookā¦and realized that I have no way to know when a chapter starts or ends or to which chapter I am currently listening to (except the book really has 251 chapters - in which the audiobook is divided - which I doubt). Unfortunately David Nathan does also not read the chapter name/number out loud.
Yeah! Thatās what I also thought.
Unfortunately I do not really remember whether they got back together at the end of book one or not yeah, my memory is really bad lol
I hope that she will make an appearance later on.
I finished this book.
Due to the mentioned fact, that there are no chapters mentioned during the audiobook, I unfortunately was not able to post anything while listening to it
So, please only continue reading when you finished the book
I quite liked this book. I loved the view ābehind the scenesā and the background information about the transition from Stummfilm to Sprachfilm.
What I did not like, is the fact, that Rath gives a damn about what his superiors tell him. Repeatedly I mean, once or twice it was okay. I guess itās his character. But at the end, when the Buddha (? I canāt remember his real nameā¦when listening to audiobooks, I always have problems remembering names ) just rebuked him for all his solo stuffā¦and the very next thing he did is again going on a solo missionā¦I really wanted to scream at him and tell him, to just confess everything to his superiors and get a team to go to the villa/mension. Ah well, I guess they probably would not have listened to himā¦but still.
And I am happy, that Charly reappeared! I hope it will work out this time.
I guess I will continue reading/listening to the books. I am invested enough now, that I want to know what will happen to Rath because of his misbehavings. And how the relationship between Rath and Charly will develop. I guess I am even curious whether Rath will keep Kiri (? the dog)
Edit: Happy new year to everyone
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Did he not manage to win her back? 
Also, he is pretty much the same character as before: Drinking, trying to find ways to sneak around his boss, and being nice to his subordinates. Not too bad, actuallyā¦ I wonder when heāll break up with Kathi, and when Charly will make a reappearance, as theyāre colleagues after all.
(except the book really has 251 chapters - in which the audiobook is divided - which I doubt). Unfortunately David Nathan does also not read the chapter name/number out loud.
I mean, once or twice it was okay. I guess itās his character. But at the end, when the Buddha (? I canāt remember his real nameā¦when listening to audiobooks, I always have problems remembering names 
