Leo Perutz' thriller deals with the persecution of a psychotic murderer in Vienna in 1909 who seems to lead his victims into a brilliantly hidden form of suicide.
Raoul Duval is a physiotherapist in Cannes, dissatisfied with his marriage to the wealthy and capricious Véronique. When a notary informs him that he has inherited a fortune from an unknown biological father, Raoul sees it as a chance to free himself from his wife. But his joy is short-lived: a...
