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Agnes Luthi Mysteries
Minotaur Books
February 2017
On Sale: February 7, 2017
368 pages
ISBN: 125010999X
EAN: 9781250109996
Kindle: B01IA6NW96
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery | Mystery Police Procedural
Swiss Vendetta, Tracee de Hahn's mesmerizing debut, is an emotionally complex, brilliantly plotted mystery set against the beautiful but harsh backdrop of a Swiss winter. Inspector Agnes LΓΌthi, a Swiss-American police officer in Lausanne, Switzerland, has just transferred to the Violent Crimes unit from Financial Crimes to try to shed all reminders of her old life following her husband's death. Now, on the eve of the worst blizzard Lausanne has seen in centuries, Agnes has been called to investigate her very first homicide case. On the lawn of the grand ChΓ’teau Vallotton, at the edge of Lac LΓ©man, a young woman has been found stabbed to death. The woman, an appraiser for a London auction house, had been taking inventory at the chΓ’teau, a medieval fortress dripping in priceless works of art and historical treasures. Agnes finds it difficult to draw answers out of anyoneβthe tight-lipped Swiss family living in the chΓ’teau, the servants who have been loyal to the family for generations, the aging WWII survivor who lives in the neighboring mansion, even the American history student studying at the Vallotton chΓ’teau's library. As the storm rages on, roads become impassible, the power goes out around Lausanne, and Agnes finds herself trapped in the candlelit halls of the chΓ’teau with all the players of the mystery, out of her depth in her first murder case and still struggling to stay afloat after the death of her husband.
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