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Morgue Drawer Four

av Jutta Profijt

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Coroner is the perfect job for Dr. Martin G nsewein, who spends his days in peace and quiet autopsying dead bodies for the city of Cologne. Shy, but scrupulous, Martin appreciates his taciturn clients--until the day one of them starts talking to him. It seems the ghost of a recently deceased (and surprisingly chatty) small-time car thief named Pascha is lingering near his lifeless body in drawer number four of Martin's morgue. He remains for one reason: his "accidental" death was, in fact, murder. Pascha is furious his case will go unsolved--to say nothing of his body's dissection upon Martin's autopsy table. But since Martin is the only person Pascha can communicate with, the ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Now Martin's staid life is rudely upended as he finds himself navigating Cologne's red-light district and the dark world of German car smuggling. Unless Pascha can come up with a plan--and fast--Martin will soon be joining him in the spirit world. Witty and unexpected, Morgue Drawer Four introduces a memorable (and reluctant) detective unlike any other in fiction today. Morgue Drawer Four was shortlisted for Germany's 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel.… (mer)
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A really funny book.

The first chapters were hard to read. Pascha, the main character, was quite annoying, his slang seemed artificial to me. He was murdered? So what, he just got what he deserved, being a sexist, mean and arrogant criminal. Not a good starting point for a murder investigation story.

But I got used to him and his character improved as well. His friend Martin Gänsewein, the ME working on his case, was a much more likeable character and the combination of these two worked for me. It was hilarious to read how this annoying ghost almost ruined his life, causing both problems in his job and with the woman he is interested in.

I am looking forward to part two - Pascha meeting the ghost of a nun sounds like a lot of fun.
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  Ellemir | May 26, 2022 |
Morgue Drawer Four (Pascha #1) by Jutta Profijt, Erik J. Macki (Translator) is a clever and funny ghost story. Pasha is a street punk that is a professional car thief. Martin is a very quiet doctor that enjoys his job doing autopsies. They end up together. Martin can hear Pasha talking during Pasha's autopsy. Now Martin's life will never be the same! It ends in a semi- cliffhanger. You know what is going to happen, you hope, but you have to get book two to be sure. I planned to get book two anyway. I really thought this was a fresh take on ghosts because of the relationship between Martin and Pasha! 😁
The narration has a guy that sounds like a street punk! Perfect! ( )
  MontzaleeW | Jul 31, 2020 |
Germany, contemporary, ghosts, murder, murder-investigation, laugh-out-loud, situational-humor, verbal-humor

What a hoot! The story is told by Pascha, especially after his demise and acquaintance with the doctor who performed his autopsy. The two men are as different as chalk and cheese, and not just because one's dead. Pascha is a younger streetwise moocher who regularly gets into messes and the doctor is staid and rather wrapped too tight. The characters certainly are, and the publisher's blurb gives some idea of what's happening but there's no need for spoilers here, just go ahead and enjoy!
The translation from the original German is done by Erik J Macki and I expect that he knows just how to translate tricky idioms.
MacLeod Andrews is the narrator and his presentation is so in character, just listening makes you laugh and picture the characters clearly! ( )
  jetangen4571 | Sep 9, 2018 |
I suspected after reading the first few paragraphs of this book that I wouldn't like but, but I had hope. I persisted. Silly me.

The premise is also silly – the soul of a small time thief who thinks he was murdered can talk to only one person after he found himself dead, his coroner. Nothing like this has ever happened to the coroner before. Silly, but it had potential, potential it did not live up to.

The criminal is crude and not very smart and not very likable. The coroner is sweet and naive and likable. But the story is pretty much single threaded, and I didn't like the writing or the translation. The characters didn't have much going for them as far as depth. I was bored.

This was a Kindle Unlimited book. ( )
  TooBusyReading | Aug 12, 2016 |
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Coroner is the perfect job for Dr. Martin G nsewein, who spends his days in peace and quiet autopsying dead bodies for the city of Cologne. Shy, but scrupulous, Martin appreciates his taciturn clients--until the day one of them starts talking to him. It seems the ghost of a recently deceased (and surprisingly chatty) small-time car thief named Pascha is lingering near his lifeless body in drawer number four of Martin's morgue. He remains for one reason: his "accidental" death was, in fact, murder. Pascha is furious his case will go unsolved--to say nothing of his body's dissection upon Martin's autopsy table. But since Martin is the only person Pascha can communicate with, the ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Now Martin's staid life is rudely upended as he finds himself navigating Cologne's red-light district and the dark world of German car smuggling. Unless Pascha can come up with a plan--and fast--Martin will soon be joining him in the spirit world. Witty and unexpected, Morgue Drawer Four introduces a memorable (and reluctant) detective unlike any other in fiction today. Morgue Drawer Four was shortlisted for Germany's 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel.

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