This Dover edition, first published in 2019, was originally printed in the German language as Mord im Zeichen des Zen by Scherz Verlag in 2004; reissued by DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne, Germany, in 2015; and in English by MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Publishing Ltd., London, in 2018.
Summary:
"Winner of the German Crime Fiction Award Louise Boni drinks too much. The maverick inspector in Germany's Black Forest police squad is haunted by the mistakes she's made and the people she's lost. While she's dreading the approach of another lonely winter weekend, a call from her supervisor draws her into the most bizarre case of her career. A badly beaten Japanese monk is roaming the snowy Freiburg region with little more than sandals and a begging bowl, and the frightened holy man appears to be fleeing an unseen danger. Now Boni must battle both skeptical police authorities and her personal demons as her investigation reveals a hidden crime ring as well as a spiritual opportunity to transform her life. The first book in the Black Forest Investigation series, Zen and the Art of Murder is "a surprising and genuinely shocking case." - The Sunday Times (U.K.)"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
A Black Forest investigation Bottini, Oliver. Black Forest investigation.
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