Oof. So, if the previous two Bodenstein and Kirchoff mysteries were dark, this is right in line with them. A body of a young woman washes up on the shore of a river and a suspect, a disgraced former district attorney, is implicated in the crimes by the current district attorney. But, as Pia Kirchoff and Oliver von Bodenstein dig deeper into the murder, they find other, more sinister connections.

Content warning and spoiler alert: this novel is about a child molestation ring. It was sad. It was intense. It was scary in places. And it was dark. I recommend these, as long as you know going into them that they are not light and even if “the good guys” win, you might not feel great about it.