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Commissioner Oppenheimer's fourth case: a gripping crime thriller about a series of murders in bombed-out Berlin by Glauser Prize winner Harald Gilbers. Berlin 1946. After the end of the war, Commissioner Oppenheimer uses his investigative instincts to locate missing persons. He routinely visits the Berlin refugee camps for this purpose. When the mutilated body of a displaced "Volksdeutscher" is discovered, Oppenheimer receives orders from Soviet Colonel Aksakow to look into the matter. More brutal murders soon follow. It appears the perpetrator is working through a list of Nazi henchmen to exact late revenge. "Historically very accurate, atmospherically dense, and incredibly thrilling." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online.