Leiser Tod in Lissabon

A psychologically intricate crime novel with political implications. The scorching summer has a firm grip on Portugal's capital when a dead body is discovered in the church of São Miguel in the picturesque Alfama district. Chief Inspector Dora Monteiro realizes at first glance that the murder did not occur by chance at this particular location. A yellowed photograph leads her on the trail of a powerful man who has been believed dead for decades. Is he the murderer? The deeper Dora investigates, the more entangled she becomes in a dangerous web of old connections that reach far back into Lisbon's history.