Krimi: the German pulp thrillers

1cult

The Fellowship of the Frog

The first Rialto Wallace krimi, and the reason the other thirty exist.

2cult

The Dead Eyes of London

Blind killers, insurance fraud, and the best fog in the series.

3cult

The Inn on the River

The Rialto Wallace machine at full tilt: fog, a harpoon and Klaus Kinski looking guilty.

4cult

The Black Abbot

The standard-issue Wallace krimi. Hood, abbey, inheritance, fog.

5cult

The Indian Scarf

Ten heirs in a Scottish castle, strangled one at a time. Kinski included.

6cult

The Sinister Monk

A whip-wielding monk killing heiresses. Closest the krimi got to giallo.

7cult

The College Girl Murders

The point where the black-and-white krimi tips over into full-colour giallo delirium.

8cult

The Creature with the Blue Hand

Kinski playing both twins and a killer's claw that snaps shut like a bear trap. The krimi going out swinging.