Summary: The death of a travelling salesman in the forest of Gerzenstein appears to be an open and shut case. Sergeant Studer is confronted with an obvious suspect and a confession to the murder. But nothing is what it seems. Envy, hated, sexual abuse and the corrosive power of money lie just beneath the surface. Studer's investigation soon splinters the glassy facade of Switzerland's tidy villages, manicured forests and seemingly placid citizens. - (Blackwell North Amer)
Publishers Weekly Reviews
Bitter Lemon Press launches a new crime series devoted to non-English-language writers with Friedrich Glausner's 1936 novel, Thumbprint, translated from the German by Mike Mitchell. What appears to be a routine case-the murder of a traveling salesman in a Swiss forest-proves anything but for cantonal policeman Studer. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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