Zen: The Anatomy of the Perfect Crime

This fast-paced crime mystery will appeal to a broad audience of listeners who enjoy seeing how investigators dissect a crime to catch the culprits.

Swiss equestrian William 'Zen' Griegg skyrockets to the top of the European show jumping circuit. As he sets his sights on the 2000 Olympic Games, his beloved horse Tiger is abducted en route to a competition in the United States.

Zen's father, Sigmund Griegg, again teams with American Alana Eastwood to solve an international mystery that leads them from a secret tunnel in the Owl Mountains of Poland, through the art galleries of Zürich, to the Hamilton Farm Equestrian Center in Gladstone, New Jersey.

Griegg and Eastwood uncover an ingenious plot to pull off the perfect crime. The ransom for the safe return of the horse: Lost treasure from World War II that only a handful of people know to exist.

As the clock ticks to reunite Zen with Tiger in time to compete in the Olympic trials, Griegg and Eastwood use the origins of social media to unnerve the abductors and unravel their complex crime.

The story's fiery climax leaves listeners to reflect that, one day, we all dine at a banquet table of past actions where karma dishes out our last meal.