You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>foreign</strong> <strong>rights</strong> spring 08<br />
fiction/crime<br />
Renate Kampmann<br />
The Pain of Others<br />
The pathologist Leonie Simon fears for her life: the Gotthardts, a married couple she worked<br />
with following the 2004 Tsunami, has been killed. This prompts old memories of Khao Lak and<br />
the brutal murder of a German doctor to resurface. Could the motivation be the same? And will<br />
Leonie be the next victim?<br />
Dr. Frank Gotthardt and his wife have perished in a fire which engulfed their villa in Berlin.<br />
There is no evidence to suggest a crime has been committed and the police are working on the<br />
assumption that it was suicide. But Leonie Simon, a pathologist at the Berlin Charité hospital, has<br />
her own suspicions. Three years ago, in December 2004, she was in Khao Lak with the Gotthardts,<br />
helping to identify the victims of the Tsunami. The memories still haunt her, particularly the shocking<br />
discovery that not everyone was helping out of a sense of compassion and social responsibility.<br />
When a dentist, who had identified several German victims, is found murdered with evidence<br />
of torture, Leonie decides to carry out her own investigation.<br />
Renate Kampmann, born in 1953, studied German and history; she worked as a theatrical<br />
assistant in Bochum, then as a journalist, radio-play editor and TV-producer in Hamburg.<br />
List +++ hardcover with dust-jacket +++ 496 pages +++ € 19,90<br />
ISBN 978-3-471-79554-5 +++ February 2008<br />
contact Susanna Schäfer +++ susanna.schaefer@ullstein-buchverlage.de +++ phone +49 (0)30 23456 450 +++ fax +49 (0)30 23456 515
Change language