Der Skorpion

In Lisa Jackson's thriller "The Scorpion," a woman's corpse bound to a tree is discovered on a cold winter day. During the investigation, it becomes clear that the psychopath leaves his victims tied up in nature to freeze to death. The only clue to the murderer are cryptic messages left for the investigators. What do the initials of the deceased and a star that the perpetrator sends to the police mean? Some letters are missing to decode the message - it could read "Beware the Scorpion's wrath." The investigators are in the dark. However, the frozen woman is not the only victim. When Detective Regan Pescoli also disappears from their own ranks, a race against time begins. Is the detective in the clutches of the psychopath and about to become the next victim? Investigator Selena Alvarez does everything she can to rescue her colleague as quickly as possible. Will the homicide experts manage to decode the messages of the "Star of Misfortune Killer" in time? Who is the Scorpion? Top author Lisa Jackson, who has already made it onto the Spiegel bestseller list, delivers yet another masterpiece of her craft with the thrilling novel "The Scorpion." With this book, Lisa Jackson achieves a bestseller.