The Drinker of Life

Vienna’s public is shocked: Remarkably many babies have been abandoned in the city; the police don’t have any idea. Meanwhile, detective Maria Kouba tries to solve the murder of the male nurse August Köhler. His body was found in the house of one of his patients with Alzheimer’s disease. There aren’t any signs of housebreaking. This circumstance and a clear cut throat puzzle Maria Kouba and her colleagues. A murder of jealousy? The neighbours have seen different women visiting August Köhler. On the other hand there’s a big hole in Köhler’s history … And why do his testicles show punctures that were definitely applied after death? Detective Maria Kouba plunges into the investigations, side by side with her partner and lover Phillip Roth, hoping that the routine of everyday work will help her to overcome the amnesia she is suffering after an accident. What happened before she nearly was run over by a streetcar? As a result of her investigations between birth and death her armour is ruptured: She realizes that her life already could be over. And so she wants to do only one thing: drink life …
Die Lebenstrinker
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