<p><b>''One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written'' LEE CHILD</b><br><br><b>Bernie Gunther returns to his desk on homicide from the horrors of the Eastern Front to find Berlin changed for the worse. </b><br><br>He begins to investigate the death of a railway worker, but is obliged to drop everything when Reinhard Heydrich of the SD orders him to Prague to spend a weekend at his country house. Bernie accepts reluctantly, especially when he learns that his fellow guests are all senior figures in the SS and SD. <br><br>The weekend quickly turns sour when a body is found in a room locked from the inside. If Bernie fails to solve this impossible mystery not only is his reputation at stake, but also that of Reinhard Heydrich, a man who cannot bear to lose face.</p>