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Industrial espionage appears to be at play, focused on the booming solar-energy sector.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Taut writing and pacy events\"\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bonì's investigation is repeatedly obstructed, and again she has to rip up the police handbook in her attempt to find out how the different threads of the web tie together. 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Desperate to prevent a fatal act of violence, Bonì is swift to investigate. Before long she identifies the vehicle used to collect the weapons, but the car's owner has a watertight alibi. The man driving that night was Ricky Janisch, a neo-Nazi and member of the extreme right-wing group, the Southwest Brigade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bottini is one of the most sophisticated crime writers of our times\" JOAN SMITH, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonì and her team put Janisch under surveillance, and identify others belonging to the extreme right. The further they probe, the more shocking their discoveries. Could this be part of a much more powerful neo-Nazi network which will stop at nothing? And how will they prevent an attack when the perpetrators are always a step ahead and they don't know the target? 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Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDreading 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295020855669,"sku":"9780857057365","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857057365_88f7286e-a5b9-4015-b293-8792d2a8b842.jpg?v=1786016257"},{"product_id":"9780857057433","title":"The Dance of Death","description":"\"Bottini is a terrific storyteller\" SUNDAY EXPRESSThe third in the Black Forest Investigations series - by CWA shortlisted authorOne wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family find a stranger in their garden. He is armed and tries to force his way into the house, but disappears as soon as the police are alerted. That night he's back with an impossible ultimatum . . .   Freiburg detective Louise Boni and her colleagues are put under enormous pressure. Traces of evidence lead her to a no-man's-land, and to a ruthless criminal who brings with him the trauma of conflict in the Balkans.   Translated from the German by Jamie BullochPraise for ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER - now shortlisted for the CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER:\"Surprising and genuinely shocking\" Joan Smith, Sunday Times\"Gripping\" Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler\"An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations\" Crime Review","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56295021117813,"sku":"9780857057433","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57688189993333,"sku":"9780857057686","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857057433.jpg?v=1792686105"},{"product_id":"9780857057402","title":"A Summer of Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second of the Black Forest Investigations - \"Its plot bristles with invention\" \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     It has been a long dry summer in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten. When     the local fire brigade is called to a burning farm shed, a volunteer is     killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. The small community is     shocked to the core. Louise Bonì, back with Freiburg Kripo after a period     of withdrawal, is assigned to the task force dealing with the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe meagre     evidence they gather points to a possible connection with German neo-Nazis     or illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia, but the appearance of     secret service agents marking out the forest suggests more is at     stake. Acting as her partner in the case is Thomas Ilic, whose allegiances are as conflicted as Bonì's.  Who is in fact working     for whom? 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