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191 pages, Paperback
First published March 31, 1951
Clenin opened the door and laid a fatherly hand on the stranger’s shoulder. At that moment he noticed that the man was dead. He had been shot through the temples.
Barlach had lived abroad for many years and had made a name for himself as a criminologist, first in Constantinople and later in Germany.
“God knows I’m used to inefficiency in our canton, but the procedure that is evidently considered the natural course to take in the case of a murdered police lieutenant casts such an appalling light on the professional competence of our village police that I am still horrified.”
“Rest assured, Dr. Lutz,” Barlach replied, “our village police are as fit for their job as the police in Chicago, and I’m certain we’ll find out who killed Schmied.”


