Max Rohde is a writer and a single father, raising his daughter Jola after a divorce, when he is asked to take part in a case involving a man who has been jailed for violent crime. A computer program called the Joshua profile, which claims to predict who will commit murder, begins to point to Max himself as a future killer. Sebastian Fitzek builds a psychological thriller on the question of whether a prediction can be trusted, and he keeps the chapters short and the twists frequent.
It suits fans of fast German thrillers who want a book that is easy to finish in a few evenings. Readers who like moral puzzles about predicting crime, and plots in which nobody is quite what they claim, should enjoy it, particularly anyone who has followed Fitzek's other novels.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bastei Lübbe
- ISBN
- 9783785725450
- Language
- DE
