Zen and the Art of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation I

Louise Boni, a maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is haunted by her past and is sent on a strange assignment to trail a Japanese monk who is fleeing from an unknown evil. The investigation leads her to a ring of child traffickers, which will change her life.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 09 August 2018
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

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The first in a thrilling new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations




Louise Boni, a maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past.


Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief, which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers. The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life.


Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries.


Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 193 x 123 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857057365