Below the Surface

By: Hofstetter, Patrick

Truth is never what it seems. When a body is found on a train arriving in Zurich, Inspector Lea Keller is called to what should have been a routine investigation. But the autopsy reveals something no one expected a second puncture, a dose that could not have been accidental. The deeper Keller looks, the more the case pulls her toward the quiet corridors of a pharmaceutical giant, where silence is policy and compliance is weaponized. A missing researcher. A whistleblower erased. A message from a man already dead. As Keller pieces together the fragments of a buried truth, she is forced to confront not only the system that hides behind legality but her own belief in justice itself. In a world built on reports and signatures, what does it mean to tell the truth and who pays the price for it? Taut, elegant, and psychologically exact, Below the Surface is a literary thriller about the cost of integrity and the thin line between revelation and ruin.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 381928334X
• ISBN13: 9783819283345
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"