Emil and the Detectives

Author(s): Erich Kastner

Location(s): Berlin

Genre(s): Children, Crime

Era(s): Weimar

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Emil Tischbein is the serious young hero of Erich Kästner’s children’s classic. His adventures on the streets of Weimar-era Berlin are the perfect introduction to the world of fictional crime detection. (The Independent)

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