Jan Fabel is a fictional contemporary German detective created by Craig Russell

Craig Russell (British author)

Craig Russell is a British-born novelist and short story writer. His Hamburg-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel has been translated into 23 languages. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history...

. Fabel, whose rank is that of Erster Kriminalhauptkommissar (Principal Chief Commissar), is the fictitious head of the Mordkommission (Murder Squad) of the Polizei Hamburg

Hamburg Police

The Hamburg Police is the German Landespolizei force for the city-state of Hamburg. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state agencies...

(Hamburg Police). Fabel is half-Scottish, half-German and trained as a historian before becoming a policeman. The cases he investigates tend to involve a strong historical or mythological element.

Fabel novels

• Blood Eagle
• Brother Grimm
• Eternal
• The Carnival Master
• The Valkyrie Song