A missing person case and the brutal murder of a hitchhiker: the second cold case for Lupe and Otto
“Preis der Rache is clever, multi-layered - and captivates with an irresistible heroine. I am looking forward to many more cold cases with Lupe Svensson!” Melanie Raabe
Summer 1992, a young girl disappeared on her way home from a party with friends and was discovered a short time later - she had been murdered. The case was never solved. In 2003, the newly widowed Gabriele Küster asks young forensic psychologist Lupe Svensson and experienced investigator Otto Hagedorn for help. Her son Fabian disappeared without a trace in 1993 and she thinks his letter of farewell was faked. She believes that her son was a victim of crime. In their research Lupe and Otto quickly make initial connections but also find inconsistencies as well as the unsolved case of the so-called “hitchhiker” killer. A short time later, when they get a sign of life from the missing Fabian, the investigation takes a surprising turn.
Mathias Berg was born in 1971 in novel-like circumstances - he was exactly 17 days early after his parent’s neighbour shot his wife the day before. His mother, the daughter of a chief inspector from Stuttgart, gave him his passion for reading and writing. After school, he studied sociology in Bamberg and London, and worked as a radio presenter, advertising copywriter and marketing editor. The Cost of Revenge is the start of the cold case series with psychologist Lupe Svensson and investigator Otto Hagedorn. Mathias Berg lives in Cologne.
