Synopsis
The corpse of a young woman is found in the attic of a house located in Bethlehem’s highway, in the district of Baqah, Jerusalem. Superintendent Michael Ohayon has just bought a new house in that district, and when he goes see it, he is protested against in the place of the crime.

Like in her previous books, Batya Gur presents a complex and captivating criminal investigation that takes the reader into a closed world having its own laws. In this case, the action takes place in a district of Jerusalem where the Israeli reality is condensed in miniature. Throughout the investigation, Michael Ohayon will discover little by little everything that is hidden behind the most evident reality.

About the author
Batya Gur (TelAviv, 1947) lives in Jerusalem, where she is a literary critic for Ha'aretz, Israel's most prestigious paper. She is the author of three other Michael Ohayon mysteries: The Saturday Morning Murder, Literary Murder, and Murder on a Kibbutz.