Chief Inspector Claudius Zorn on a dangerous solo mission – the fifteenth volume of the cult thriller series by bestselling author Stephan Ludwig Chief Inspector Claudius Zorn has become quite attached to his dog; his dachshund Dumbo is inseparable from him. This was also the case on that winter evening when, during a walk in the city forest, the animal stumbled upon a severed man's hand. It had been hacked off with a sharp object; two fingers were missing. But there was no clue to the victim's identity; the man had vanished without a trace. Was he still alive? Was he being held captive somewhere, threatened? Zorn and his colleague Schröder can't let the matter rest, and when the first lead emerges, they follow it up. This leads to a heated argument between Zorn and his wife Frieda, the senior public prosecutor who has taken over the case, and soon the family's relationship is strained both professionally and personally. Stubborn as Zorn is, he persists and eventually finds himself in front of Heinlein's delicatessen. And shortly thereafter, in a place where only one thing awaits him: death. biography Stephan Ludwig, born in 1965, lives in Halle as an author and radio producer. Notes: New product