A Game of Life and Death

"A blockbuster! Incredibly riveting, almost impossible to stop reading, with a dazzling finish." - Mainhattan Kurier

"This case gets right down to business in typical Fitzek fashion. An enthralling book." - Sonntag Express

"With his new investigator duo, Jan Beck has hit the mark. This is great fun to read, with a tension that […] will leave readers breathless." - hr 2 'Krimi mit Mimi'

They hunt you down. And then they kill you.

When someone asks Mavie about her cool glow-in-the-dark tattoo at a party, she thinks they’re joking. But then she sees it herself, in the light on the dancefloor – and panics. How did the scorpion get on her skin? Mavie has no idea that the sign makes her the target of a sinister game.

Meanwhile, detectives Inga Björk and Christian Brand are investigating the case of a jogger found brutally murdered in a forest. They don’t know that this is just the beginning of a sadistic series of murders – and that the only way they can stop it is by changing sides and joining in the deadly game …