At a reading at Neumarkt, bestselling author Kai Meyer presents a masterful blend of historical crime novel and bibliophile horror story: Baltic states, shortly before the start of the First World War. Deep snow and endless forests cut a manor house off from the world. This is where the young editor Paula Engel from Leipzig travels to see the manuscript of the writer Aschenbrand. Paula and her fiancé Jonathan meet a fascinating eccentric who keeps a dark secret.
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