Spies roam between the economic miracle and the underworld. And master thief Hedy finds herself in the line of fire. Ruhr region, 1960s: Hedy Voss is witty, independent—and desperate. To provide for her sick sister Elsa, she has no choice but to do what she does best: commit burglaries. One day, she stumbles upon dangerous information, which Elsa handles more recklessly than is good for either of them. Suddenly, the sisters are in grave danger, and Hedy must decide how far she is willing to go. Biography: Sabine Hofmann, PhD, is a research associate at the Institute for Romance Languages and Literatures at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.