Bestselling Polish crime by award-winning author Zygmunt Miloszewski.
All eyes are on famous prosecutor Teodor Szacki when he investigates a skeleton discovered at a construction site in the idyllic Polish city of Olsztyn. Old bones come as no shock to anyone in this part of Poland, but it turns out these remains are fresh, the flesh chemically removed.
Szacki questions the dead man’s wife, only to be left with a suspicion she’s hiding something. Then another victim surfaces―a violent husband, alive but maimed―giving rise to a theory: someone’s targeting domestic abusers. And as new clues bring the murderer closer to those Szacki holds dear, he begins to understand the terrible rage that drives people to murder.
From acclaimed Polish crime writer Zygmunt Miloszewski comes a gritty, atmospheric page-turner that poses the question, what drives a sane man to kill?
Very entertaining Thoroughly entertaining with twists throughout. I really enjoy foreign crime thrillers. I’m a huge fan of the Lars Kepler novels.This was a quick read for me and it came out for July Kindle First picks at a perfect time for holiday traveling. One of the better books offered for kindle first that I’ve seen in a while.
Slow story development coupled with unsatisfying ending left me disappointed… “Most murderers never imagine they’re going to kill. Just like normal people, they wake up, brush their teeth, and make breakfast. And then something happens, an unfortunate tangle of events, circumstances, and emotions. And that night they go to bed as murderers. It could happen to one of you, too.” – Prosecuter SzackiÂ
ATMOSPHERIC, GRIPPING AND SUSPENSEFUL When two award winners in literature joined forces, you can expect sparks to fly and the best that they have to offer. Both are new to me, and it was an exciting experience discovering the two of them in one book – one as the author and the other as its translator. Zygmunt Miloszewski is a crime writer and award-winning author who is a house-hold name back in Poland. And Antonia Lloyd-Jones is no stranger to literature either. He is the winner of the 2014 Paszport Polityka prize for…