Book Three of the Inspector Frank Stave Investigations, a German detective trilogy set in post-WWII Hamburg. More than 150,000 copies sold.
Book three of the series following German detective Frank Stave begins with Stave surviving a gunshot, leading to the discovery of lost Weimar art beside an unidentified corpse. Prequel "The Murderer In Ruins" was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger.