Rezension: Thomas Harris: »The Fear Index«

Alexander Hoffmann is having a very bad day. It starts in the wee hours of the morning, when he startles an intruder in his palatial home in Geneva. The man is determinedly sharpening the family cutlery and has brought along some bondage gear.

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