Paulus Hochgatterer: Die Süße des Lebens (2006)

Translation: Tomáš Dimter, Host 2010

The setting of the detective story is a small Austrian town, where every one knows everything about everybody else, and despite the fact that every one seems friendly, there are hidden animosities. Under such circumstances it is no wonder that the brutal murder of an old man, whose head is run over by a car, represents only the tip of the iceberg…