A German university student, Harald Guntlieb is found dead in Reykjavik, he was murdered in an especially gruesome way, his eyes cut out, a strange symbol carved into his chest. Guntlieb was a graduate student who studied medieval history and made researches in Icelandic witch cults and witch huntings. Policemen believe that he fell victim to a drug dealer band and the murder was committed by a friend of his - but his desperate parents know better. They at last find the smart Thora Gudmundsdottir and ask her to help them (Gudmundsdottir is no Kay Scarpetta, I personally do not really like domestic characters - but the plot and the idea on which the story is based are fine). It turns out that the young man has developed an obsession with the subject of his study - and the topic has to do something with a Catholic inquisitor...
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