THE RAT

Newspaper publisher Hans-Otto Gleim—self-important, obsessed with power, ruthless—is used to enforcing his interests, without compromise and against all adversaries. Susanne Mikula, his close co-worker, experiences this first hand when she is dismissed summarily. And to top it all off, she is being sued for fraud. But giving in isn’t in Susanne’s nature: She decides to take Gleim down—and in the course of her investigation she uncovers a shady conspiracy involving a lot of money. And a death where all signs point towards murder …

In his first crime novel,bestselling author Martin Wehrledepicts the unscrupu- lousnessandthegreedofthepowerfulandhowdecentpeoplefindthestrength to put up a fight: a story about the human abysses that lurk everywhere, right in front ofus.