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The Cleaner

By: Elisabeth Herrmann
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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A gripping thriller with a dark secret at its heart.

Pools of blood, scenes of carnage, signs of agonising death - who deals with the aftermath of violence once the bodies have been taken away? Judith Kepler has seen it all. She is a crime-scene specialist. She turns crime scenes back into habitable spaces. She is a cleaner. It is at the home of a woman who has been brutally murdered that she is suddenly confronted with her own past. The murder victim knew Judith's secret: as a child Judith was sent to an orphanage under mysterious circumstances - parentage unknown. And the East German secret police were always there, in the background...When Judith begins to ask questions, she becomes the target of some powerful enemies. Nothing will ever be the same again.

©2011 Elisabeth Herrmann (P)2017 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Crime Criminal & Forensic Psychology Detective Europe Fiction Genre Fiction Germany International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Heartfelt

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