![]() ![]() She is both hero and anti-hero in this story, grieving widow and ruthless killer. Blum is the devoted wife of Mark, a police detective, the doting mother of their two young daughters, and the owner of a successful funeral business. The story opens with a during a defining moment in Blum’s life before leaping forward eight years to place us in the present. Woman Of the Dead has one of the most memorable character introductions I’ve ever read. The photographer, the cook, the priest, the huntsman, and the clown – these are the men responsible, and Blum is going to make them pay. When Blum’s beloved husband is killed in a hit and run she is nearly destroyed until she learns that he was deliberately targeted. Status: Read on AugI own a copy Ī dark and disturbing tale of vengeance and violence, Woman of the Dead is the first novel by Bernhard Aichner to feature Blum, mother, mortician and murderer. ![]() Author: Bernard Aichner (translated by Anthea Bell) ![]()
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