Based on an idea by SEBASTIAN FITZEK, the dizzying sequel to the book Hearing, the #1 global bestseller The Man Who Hears Crime.

Hegel is back. “Help, my baby is missing! I only see… blood!” The sound of a brief struggle and a frantic emergency call from a mother is abruptly interrupted. Only one person has the ability to draw conclusions from this audio excerpt, the forensic expert and linguistic investigator Matthias Hegel.

Gioula Anzorgke, a journalist, deals with true crime. She may have managed to clear Hegel as a murder suspect, but she might have also gotten too close to the dark side of the brilliant analyst. Now, however, she is essential for solving the case.

Should she leave the baby and its mother to fate? And what about the information regarding her brother, who is presumed dead, and about whom Hegel seems to know a lot? Nothing is as it seems at first glance, and no one is as innocent as they would like to appear.