It’s been 101 days since Dr. Felix Hoffmann’s girlfriend, Celine, left Berlin in a humanitarian convoy carrying aid to Kurdish northern Iraq. Now her coffin returns home. The story from Baghdad is that Celine orchestrated the very bomb attack that killed her, but a devastated Felix cannot believe that Celine would willingly participate in such an act. Certain clues—as well as questioning from German, Iraqi, and American agencies—further raise his suspicions.

Amid a web of lies and deceptions, Felix uncovers terrifying secrets that point to an international conspiracy. The closer he gets to the truth, the greater the danger becomes, and it could stop the doctor’s investigation—permanently.

This third novel in Christoph Spielberg’s acclaimed Dr. Hoffmann series takes readers into the dangerous—and dangerously absurd—world of intelligence services.