What would all of us, who bear the burden of the crisis every day, do if someone signing as "national tax collector" started killing tax evaders to fill the state's coffers? How would we react?

This is the dilemma faced by Inspector Charitos. His salary has been cut, his allowances have been reduced, and his daughter, Katerina, is preparing to emigrate because she can't find a job. And he is called to arrest a murderer who is performing a "noble" act. Where does Inspector Charitos end and where does the man, Charitos, begin?

"The Settlement" is the second novel in Petros Markaris's "Trilogy of Crisis." It is a novel of "crisis" between duty and conscience.