London. Cameraman Niall Stuart is an unwilling witness as two young men attack an off-duty soldier and murder him. Niall records the scene on his cell phone, and one of the killers approaches him, bloody knife in hand, to announce that this murder was carried out in the name of Allah, as his accomplice waves the flag of the Islamic State in the background. When Niall is later hired to make a documentary about the incident, he has no idea that he has been intentionally selected for this task. The reason why is more horrifying than he could imagine…
2016 GERMAN CRIME FICTION PRIZE
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London. Cameraman Niall Stuart is an unwilling witness as two young men attack an off-duty soldier and murder him. Niall records the scene on his cell phone, and one of the killers approaches him, bloody knife in hand, to announce that this murder was carried out in the name of Allah, as his accomplice waves the flag of the Islamic State in the background. When Niall is later hired to make a documentary about the incident, he has no idea that he has been intentionally selected for this task. The reason why is more horrifying than he could imagine…
2016 GERMAN CRIME FICTION PRIZE
Die Zeit’s Juried Best Crime Picks of the Month