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Anatomy of a Killer

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3rd August 2023

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Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781529422382

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‘Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with’ DAVID BALDACCI

They say he’s a murderer. But how could he be?


Berlin, 2017: several young girls have been disappearing for the past fourteen years. Red ribbons show the police the way to their bodies, but there’s no trace of the killer.

One evening, internationally renowned philosophy professor and anthropologist Walter Lesniak is arrested on the suspicion of the murders in the presence of his daughter, Ann.

‘Professor Death’ becomes the headline of the tabloid press and Lesniak himself refuses to cooperate with the police. Ann is certain this is all some kind of mistake. And she will prove it. Yet, with the arrest of her father, she begins a journey into the unknown . . .

READERS LOVE ROMY HAUSMANN

‘Ingenious’ 5 * reader review

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Reviews

David Baldacci
PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: 'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with'
Financial Times
A peerless exercise in suspense
Daily Mail
Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling
Alice Feeney
If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one
Peter James
[B]eautifully written, intriguing and very compelling
Hot Press
A deeply unsettling psychological thriller that will get under your skin . . . True crime fans will love this one