It begins with nazis coercing swabian businessman klaus felsen into leaving berlin to procure wolfram for them by any means in portugal. It is a complex parallel story set in wwii and in 1999, in berlin and lisbon. Wilsons novels characteristically are works of horror involving the supernatural. Overall, a satisfying read that will keep readers turning the pages. The novel won the cwa gold dagger award in 1999, and the german crime prize for an international novel in 2003. Inspector ze coelho is struggling against the closed ranks of his colleagues in the investigation of the brutal murder of a young girl. The novel opens with the death of a young teen, catarina oliveira, who has a promiscuous past and a lessthanideal family life.
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