Eistod

In this icy winter, no one is surprised when more and more homeless people are found frozen to death in Zurich. However, a forensic scientist discovers traces of a mysterious poison among the deceased. The investigation leads Commissioner Eschenbach to the Biochemical Institute, where he meets Professor Winter, a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Does his old school friend really have something to do with the dead? Eschenbach receives tips suggesting that Winter may have developed biochemical substances for the torture of Islamic terrorists. And where is Winter's assistant, who has suddenly vanished without a trace? The further Eschenbach delves into the upper echelons of society with his inquiries, the deeper he gets caught in a swamp of intrigue, lies, and corruption. Following the debut success "Im Sommer sterben," this is the second breathtaking crime novel by Swiss author Michael Theurillat.