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Bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek sends you on an ingeniously disturbing journey with his brand new psychological thriller.
A missing child. A desperate father. A terrible secret.
Serial killer Guido T has already confessed to two horrific child murders and led the Berlin police to the horribly disfigured bodies. The police are sure he is also the kidnapper and murderer of six-year-old Max, who disappeared without trace a year ago. But now Guido T, who is being held in the high-security ward of a psychiatric prison hospital, is staying silent. The investigators have no reliable evidence. And without the prisoner's statement, Max's parents will have no certainty and will never be able to say goodbye to their son.
But then an investigator from the homicide commission makes Max's desperate father an unbelievable offer: he will smuggle the distraught parent into the hospital where Guido T is imprisoned. Max's father will be listed as a fake patient, equipped with a fake medical record. He will be as close as he possibly can to the child killer, and plans to force the killer into a confession. Because nothing is worse than uncertainty.
Or so he thinks. Until he, as an inmate, learns the gruesome truth...
Reviewers on Sebastian Fitzek:
'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben
'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter
About the author
Sebastian Fitzek is one of Europe's most successful authors of psychological thrillers. His books have sold thirteen million copies, been translated into more than thirty-six languages and are the basis for international cinema and theatre adaptations. Sebastian Fitzek was the first German author to be awarded the European Prize for Criminal Literature. He lives with his family in Berlin.
Follow Sebastian on www.sebastianfitzek.com and @sebastianfitzek on Instagram.
Summary
Bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek sends you on an ingeniously disturbing journey with his brand new psychological thriller.
A missing child. A desperate father. A terrible secret.
Guido T has already confessed to two horrific child murders and led Berlin police to the bodies. The police are sure he is also the kidnapper and murderer of six-year-old Max, who disappeared without trace a year ago.
But now the killer is staying silent. The investigators have no reliable evidence, so Max's parents have no certainty and are unable to say goodbye to their son.
Everything changes when one investigator makes an unbelievable offer: he can have Max's father placed in the psychiatric prison hospital where Guido T is imprisoned - as a fake patient.
Max's father agrees. He plans to force the child killer into a confession. Because nothing is worse than uncertainty.
Or so he thinks. Until he, as an inmate, learns the gruesome truth...
Reviewers on Sebastian Fitzek:
'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben
'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter
Foreword
The chilling new thriller by critically acclaimed German novelist Sebastian Fitzek. A father must make a life-changing decision to find his son's murderer.
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