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    He Who Dies Last
    101 Nights
    The Russian Donation
    Audiobook series4 titles

    Dr. Hoffmann Series

    Written by Christoph Spielberg

    Narrated by David de Vries and Michael Page

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    Dr. Felix Hoffmann is about to head home after a grueling night shift when he hears the words “This gun is loaded!” Hoffmann, long accustomed to helping others on the verge of death, suddenly finds himself—along with several colleagues and patients—at the mercy of a deranged blind kidnapper in the ICU. Deploying his own distinctive brand of diplomacy—and his characteristic acerbic wit—Hoffmann tries to convince the man to end the standoff while he still can. As the hot summer days tick by and the tension builds toward the shocking climax, Hoffmann is forced to reconsider who is friend and who is foe. The question becomes not only whether he can save the lives of all involved, but what this crisis reveals about the people he thought he knew best.

    This fourth novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series offers searing yet humorous commentary on modern medicine, globalization, the media, and simple human kindness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 12, 2015
    He Who Dies Last
    101 Nights
    The Russian Donation

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      The Russian Donation
      The Russian Donation

      The Russian Donation

      Christoph Spielberg
      3/5 - 2 ratings
      3/5 - 2 ratings

      Doctor Felix Hoffmann’s life is textbook success: a seasoned physician at a Berlin hospital, respected by colleagues, and devoted to his amorous and intelligent girlfriend Celine. It’s a life filled with medical work, televised soccer games, and the chill of German beer. Yet, when a former patient shows up dead by causes unknown, Hoffmann signs a death certificate that may be his own. Curiosity and sheer medical devotion propel him to investigate. However, his autopsy order goes unfulfilled as the body is cremated and hospital records vanish. Soon, Hoffmann discovers a diagnosis of conspiratorial proportions. The deeper he scans, the darker it gets, until a criminal clue emerges from Russia. Despite adversity, Hoffmann is determined to sleuth through with his own brand of logic and the aid of Celine’s powers of deduction.

      Doctor Felix Hoffmann’s life is textbook success: a seasoned physician at a Berlin hospital, respected by colleagues, and devoted to his amorous and intelligent girlfriend Celine. It’s a life filled with medical work, televised soccer games, and the chill of German beer. Yet, when a former patient shows up dead by causes unknown, Hoffmann signs a death certificate that may be his own. Curiosity and sheer medical devotion propel him to investigate. However, his autopsy order goes unfulfilled as the body is cremated and hospital records vanish. Soon, Hoffmann discovers a diagnosis of conspiratorial proportions. The deeper he scans, the darker it gets, until a criminal clue emerges from Russia. Despite adversity, Hoffmann is determined to sleuth through with his own brand of logic and the aid of Celine’s powers of deduction.

    • 2

      He Who Dies Last
      He Who Dies Last

      He Who Dies Last

      Christoph Spielberg
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      While searching for a new apartment, Dr. Felix Hoffmann finds a beautiful condo offered at a tremendous bargain. But then he learns the property belongs to one of his geriatric patients, a man he rescued from the brink of death just the day before—and who never listed his condo for sale. Together with his vivacious girlfriend, Celine, Felix unearths a conspiracy to fleece elderly patients, then hasten their deaths. Could one of his trusted hospital coworkers be behind the wicked scheme? And when the intrepid doctor unexpectedly becomes a patient in his own hospital, he’ll need to crack the case quickly before the killer makes his rounds. The second novel in the acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series, He Who Dies Last prescribes a healthy dose of thrills and excitement to medical mystery fans.

      While searching for a new apartment, Dr. Felix Hoffmann finds a beautiful condo offered at a tremendous bargain. But then he learns the property belongs to one of his geriatric patients, a man he rescued from the brink of death just the day before—and who never listed his condo for sale. Together with his vivacious girlfriend, Celine, Felix unearths a conspiracy to fleece elderly patients, then hasten their deaths. Could one of his trusted hospital coworkers be behind the wicked scheme? And when the intrepid doctor unexpectedly becomes a patient in his own hospital, he’ll need to crack the case quickly before the killer makes his rounds. The second novel in the acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series, He Who Dies Last prescribes a healthy dose of thrills and excitement to medical mystery fans.

    • 3

      101 Nights
      101 Nights

      101 Nights

      Christoph Spielberg
      4/5
      4/5

      It’s been 101 days since Dr. Felix Hoffmann’s girlfriend, Celine, left Berlin in a humanitarian convoy carrying aid to Kurdish northern Iraq. Now her coffin returns home. The story from Baghdad is that Celine orchestrated the very bomb attack that killed her, but a devastated Felix cannot believe that Celine would willingly participate in such an act. Certain clues—as well as questioning from German, Iraqi, and American agencies—further raise his suspicions. Amid a web of lies and deceptions, Felix uncovers terrifying secrets that point to an international conspiracy. The closer he gets to the truth, the greater the danger becomes, and it could stop the doctor’s investigation—permanently. This third novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series takes readers into the dangerous—and dangerously absurd—world of intelligence services.

      It’s been 101 days since Dr. Felix Hoffmann’s girlfriend, Celine, left Berlin in a humanitarian convoy carrying aid to Kurdish northern Iraq. Now her coffin returns home. The story from Baghdad is that Celine orchestrated the very bomb attack that killed her, but a devastated Felix cannot believe that Celine would willingly participate in such an act. Certain clues—as well as questioning from German, Iraqi, and American agencies—further raise his suspicions. Amid a web of lies and deceptions, Felix uncovers terrifying secrets that point to an international conspiracy. The closer he gets to the truth, the greater the danger becomes, and it could stop the doctor’s investigation—permanently. This third novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series takes readers into the dangerous—and dangerously absurd—world of intelligence services.

    • 4

      The Fourth Day
      The Fourth Day

      The Fourth Day

      Christoph Spielberg
      3/5 - 1 rating
      3/5 - 1 rating

      Dr. Felix Hoffmann is about to head home after a grueling night shift when he hears the words “This gun is loaded!” Hoffmann, long accustomed to helping others on the verge of death, suddenly finds himself—along with several colleagues and patients—at the mercy of a deranged blind kidnapper in the ICU. Deploying his own distinctive brand of diplomacy—and his characteristic acerbic wit—Hoffmann tries to convince the man to end the standoff while he still can. As the hot summer days tick by and the tension builds toward the shocking climax, Hoffmann is forced to reconsider who is friend and who is foe. The question becomes not only whether he can save the lives of all involved, but what this crisis reveals about the people he thought he knew best. This fourth novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series offers searing yet humorous commentary on modern medicine, globalization, the media, and simple human kindness.

      Dr. Felix Hoffmann is about to head home after a grueling night shift when he hears the words “This gun is loaded!” Hoffmann, long accustomed to helping others on the verge of death, suddenly finds himself—along with several colleagues and patients—at the mercy of a deranged blind kidnapper in the ICU. Deploying his own distinctive brand of diplomacy—and his characteristic acerbic wit—Hoffmann tries to convince the man to end the standoff while he still can. As the hot summer days tick by and the tension builds toward the shocking climax, Hoffmann is forced to reconsider who is friend and who is foe. The question becomes not only whether he can save the lives of all involved, but what this crisis reveals about the people he thought he knew best. This fourth novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series offers searing yet humorous commentary on modern medicine, globalization, the media, and simple human kindness.

    Author

    Christoph Spielberg

    Cardiologist and Agatha Christie prize-winning author Christoph Spielberg lives in Berlin, Germany, where his mystery novels have gained national notoriety. Spielberg was awarded the prestigious Friedrich Glauser prize from the German Crime Writers Association for The Russian Donation, the first in his ongoing Dr. Hoffmann crime series, and his books have been translated into both English and Japanese. Critical acclaim for the Dr. Hoffmann series has prompted the German ZDF television network to produce a run of TV movies based on the novels. Today, Spielberg continues to draw from his medical experience, writing novels, short stories, and providing medical care to his patients.

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