The best German crime fiction: Relevant, realistic, profound. On the eve of his return to duty with the Bonn homicide squad, Johannes Waldmann is called to a crime scene, unaware of the depths to which this case will lead him. While he examines the body of the murdered local politician, a woman in a stolen police car is chasing an Audi. She suspects the young Ukrainian woman, Zlata, who was just sharing a room with the politician, is behind the wheel. Journalist Pia Luninger is also working on the case. Her major report, titled "Without a Trace," will cover human trafficking and forced prostitution, finally bringing her the career breakthrough she longs for. With every step Waldmann takes deeper into the mire of crime, a thread comes loose that only superficially held together the deepest wound in his life: the loss of his wife. Back then, at a bazaar, when she simply vanished in an instant... New product