Author reading Matthias Moor “Schattensee”

A gripping, vividly told crime novel that brings a piece of Lake Constance history to life.

A skeleton is discovered during forestry work on the Swiss border in Hegau.
It has been buried for decades and the police are baffled.
Until an elderly lady contacts private detective Martin Schwarz and claims that the dead man is her missing father.
The Jewish teacher tried to flee Germany during the Nazi era.
Schwarz is tasked with finding out what happened back then and in the process comes across disturbing events whose long shadows extend to the present day.

Author of the event picture: Emons Verlag