Christmas 1938. A snowbound sanatorium with international residents. A killer in their midst.
The Schloss Schattenseite is a place of healing, where the wealthy retreat from the world to recover in the crisp mountain air. But when Caspar von Moltke, a senior Nazi, is found dead at the foot of a cliff, the sanatorium becomes a prison of suspicion and fear.
Lieutenant Mathias Amsel of the Swiss police arrives to investigate what appears to be a tragic accident. But the wound on the back of the victim's head tells a different story. Von Moltke was murdered. And the killer is still among the guests.
When an avalanche cuts off the sanatorium from the outside world, Amsel finds himself trapped with a collection of international suspects: a famous conductor and his flirtatious young wife, a disgraced Italian nobleman with a hatred of Fascists, a French philosopher with a dark past, an aging British actor who drowns his sorrows in brandy, and his fellow countrywoman, a celebrated crime writer who sees the real-life murder as research for her next book.
As Amsel digs deeper, he uncovers a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the snowbound sanatorium. A missing satchel, a hidden diary, and a trail of deaths disguised as accidents point to a pattern of elimination that threatens to expose the darkest secrets of the Third Reich.
The Christmas Cure is set against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of war. Perfect for fans of Golden Age detective fiction and historical mysteries.
Genre: Mystery
The Schloss Schattenseite is a place of healing, where the wealthy retreat from the world to recover in the crisp mountain air. But when Caspar von Moltke, a senior Nazi, is found dead at the foot of a cliff, the sanatorium becomes a prison of suspicion and fear.
Lieutenant Mathias Amsel of the Swiss police arrives to investigate what appears to be a tragic accident. But the wound on the back of the victim's head tells a different story. Von Moltke was murdered. And the killer is still among the guests.
When an avalanche cuts off the sanatorium from the outside world, Amsel finds himself trapped with a collection of international suspects: a famous conductor and his flirtatious young wife, a disgraced Italian nobleman with a hatred of Fascists, a French philosopher with a dark past, an aging British actor who drowns his sorrows in brandy, and his fellow countrywoman, a celebrated crime writer who sees the real-life murder as research for her next book.
As Amsel digs deeper, he uncovers a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the snowbound sanatorium. A missing satchel, a hidden diary, and a trail of deaths disguised as accidents point to a pattern of elimination that threatens to expose the darkest secrets of the Third Reich.
The Christmas Cure is set against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of war. Perfect for fans of Golden Age detective fiction and historical mysteries.
Genre: Mystery
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