Berlin detective Jan Tommen expected to wake up with a hangover—not a murder charge. But a well-known judge has been brutally killed and hard evidence places Jan at the crime scene. When disturbing gaps in Jan’s memory make finding an alibi impossible, the case against him looks open and shut.
Faced with life on the inside, Jan flees police custody to take refuge with an old friend deeply enmeshed in the capital’s seedy underworld. Hampered by a citywide manhunt, Jan soon finds that investigating leads while eluding capture isn’t easy. Before long, he’s relying on a team of misfits for help, including an icy blonde medical examiner and a brilliant but reclusive computer whiz.
When a lucky break leads Jan to connect the murders to a heinous trafficking ring, the team risks it all to find answers. Meanwhile, the body count continues to rise and the police department starts to close in. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jan must identify the true killer—before his time finally runs out.
Catches you and holds you down This is a blazing fast story that will catch you with the opening murder and hold you down until the very end. The pace of this book is quick from the beginning and doesn’t slow down. I was half way done before I noticed.A great story about perceptions and jumping to conclusions. Each character makes some fatal flaws in their decision making that costs lives and prolongs a killing streak. Two detectives overshadowed by grief and unable to see through it. A motley group of friends that…
This Intriguing Thriller Paints a Gruesome Portrait of a Serial Killer & Master Manipulator While Framing A Seasoned Cop! Normally, I am not a big fan of reading books that have to be translated from another language, but in this case the description looked so intriguing that I took a chance on Alexander Hartung’s book “Until the Debt Is Paid” and am glad I did.The setting for this murder mystery was in Berlin and had characters with mostly German names; however, I would not have guessed that this book was translated if Steven Anderson had not been identified on the cover as the translator. Steve is…