Woman of the Dead
2017 Nominated

Woman of the Dead

Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell
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ABOUT
THE BOOK

How far would you go to avenge the one you love?
Blum has a secret buried deep in her past. She thought she’d left the past behind. But then Mark, the man she loves, dies.

His death looks like a hit-and-run. It isn’t a hit-and-run. Mark has been killed by the men he was investigating.

And then, suddenly, Blum rediscovers what she’s capable of…

The unstoppable German thriller which is sweeping the globe: Woman of the Dead is the hugely compelling novel about a woman who seeks revenge and gets it.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Bernhard
Aichner

Bernhard Aichner was born in 1972 and lives in Innsbruck, Austria, where he works as an author and photographer. As research for Woman of the Dead, he worked as an undertaker’s assistant for six months.

Bernhard Aichner was born in 1972 and lives in Innsbruck, Austria, where he works as an author and photographer. As research for Woman of the Dead, he worked as an undertaker’s assistant for six months.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Anthea
Bell

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
09/04/2015
Country
Austria
Original Language
German
Publisher
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Translator
Anthea Bell
Translation
Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell

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