Notes

• "Lustmord - the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the brutal slaying of a beautiful young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime … and disturbed by the artful arrangement of the victim’s clothes and hair - a madman’s portrait of death." "Berg’s superiors demand quick answers and a quick arrest: a vagrant, the woman’s husband, anyone who can be demonized will do. When a second body is discovered, the city erupts into panic, the unrest fomented by the wild-eyed, hate- mongering Austrian Adolf Hitler and his Brownshirt party of young thugs." "Berg can trust no one as he relentlessly hunts a ruthless killer, dodging faceless enemies and back -alley intrigue, struggling to bring a fiend to justice before the country - and his life - veer straight into darkness."–BOOK JACKET