A Grain of Truth

The new, long-awaited second crime novel featuring Teodor Szacki. It is spring 2009, and the prosecutor is no longer working in Warsaw – he has said goodbye to his family and to his career in the capital and moved to Sandomierz, a picturesque town full of churches and museums. Szacki finds himself investigating a strange murder case in surroundings both alien and unfriendly. The victim, Ela Budnik, is found brutally murdered, her body drained of blood. The killing bears the hallmarks of legendary Jewish ritual slaughter, prompting a wave of anti-Semitic paranoia in the town, where everyone knows everyone.