“It’s a fine example of the craft of detective writing in a period which some regard as the golden age of crime fiction.”—The Sunday TelegraphThe death of a traveling salesman appears to be an open and shut case. Studer is confronted with an obvio
“Despairing plot about the reality of madness and life, leavened with strong doses of bittersweet irony. The idiosyncratic investigation and its laconic detective haven’t aged one iota.”—GuardianA child-murderer escapes from a Swiss insane asylum.
