Praise for Friedrich Glauser s other Sergeant Studer novels Fever is a deviously plotted procedural. Not many can outdo Friedrich Glauser. The New York Times This gem contains echoes of Durrenmatt, Fritz Lang s film M and Thomas Mann s The Magic Mountain. Both a compelling mystery and an illuminating finely wrought mainstream novel, Matto s Realm will make it clear to American readers why the German language prize for detective fiction is named after Glauser. Publishers Weekly Thumbprint is a fine example of the craft of detective writing in a period which fans will regard as the golden age of crime fiction. The Sunday TelegraphThis is the fifth, and last, novel in the much-acclaimed Sergeant Studer series. Why must the festive dinner in the Hirschen Inn be interrupted A murder puts an end to the wedding celebration of Studer s daughter. A man is found with a sharpened bicycle spoke embedded in his back, and a suspect is quickly arrested a bit too quickly, thinks Studer. Property spec