Zen and the art of murder Friedrich Dürrenmatt The University of Chicago Press FF Paperback 2006

Zen and the art of murder Friedrich Dürrenmatt The University of Chicago Press FF Paperback 2006Louise Bon, maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. Dreading 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

there's an understandable sense of unease

including a 'Criminal' short story

even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head

suspicion falls on the hapless Jeffries

maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad

for the two are inextricably entwined

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are forced to choose sides

murdered wife had rotted away in a trunk in the dark cellar where he had hidden it

the unruly daughter of a wealthy local farmer

Carterers - until a charabanc full of 'pilgrims' travelling from London to the Shrine of Our Lady in nearby Walsingham crashes into their imposing granite gateposts and the family unexpectedly find themselves playing host to the eccentric passengers