The first major suspense novel by the SPIEGEL bestselling author of the "Ruhrpott Saga"
The Ruhr region, 1948. Carl, a detective, works for the capital crimes department at Essen police headquarters after being unable to practice his profession during the Nazi era. In the course of murder investigations, he learns of a gruesome act of bloodshed that occurred three years earlier toward the end of the war. While he is tracking down the fugitive perpetrator from back then, more murders occur. Only gradually does Carl realize that they are pieces of a deadly puzzle. Not only does he find himself in the crosshairs of the killer, but also the woman he loves - widowed nurse Anne, who desperately believes in a better future for herself and her sisters. However Anne is guarding a dark secret, of which even Carl has no idea ...
"After the Second World War, numerous offices in the judiciary and administration were again occupied by former Nazis. As a lawyer, I wanted to know how this could have happened; but even more how those affected by it - both perpetrators and victims - later encountered each other in their everyday lives." - Eva Völler on Bright Days, Dark Guilt
