Anatomy of a Killer

'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' DAVID BALDACCI

They say he's a murderer. But how could he be?

Berlin, 2017: several young girls have been disappearing for the past fourteen years. Red ribbons show the police the way to their bodies, but there's no trace of the killer.

One evening, internationally renowned philosophy professor and anthropologist Walter Lesniak is arrested on the suspicion of the murders in the presence of his daughter, Ann.

'Professor Death' becomes the headline of the tabloid press and Lesniak himself refuses to cooperate with the police. Ann is certain this is all some kind of mistake. And she will prove it. Yet, with the arrest of her father, she begins a journey into the unknown . . .

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A deeply unsettling psychological thriller that will get under your skin . . . True crime fans will love this one Hot Press
PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: 'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' David Baldacci
A peerless exercise in suspense Financial Times
Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling Daily Mail
If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one Alice Feeney
[B]eautifully written, intriguing and very compelling Peter James
A deeply unsettling psychological thriller that will get under your skin . . . True crime fans will love this one Hot Press
PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: 'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' David Baldacci
A peerless exercise in suspense Financial Times
Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling Daily Mail
If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one Alice Feeney
[B]eautifully written, intriguing and very compelling Peter James

Romy Hausmann was born in East Germany in 1981. At the age of twenty-four she became chief editor at a film production company in Munich. Since the birth of her son, Romy has been working as a freelancer in television. Her thriller debut, Dear Child, became a number one bestseller in Germany and is being published in twenty countries. Sleepless is her second thriller. Romy lives with her family in a remote house in the woods near Stuttgart.

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