A New York Times Bestselling Author -- September Reinhard Heydrich hosts a gathering to celebrate his appointment as Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia His guests chosen with care are all high-ranking party members and each is a suspect in a crime yet to be committed the murder of Heydrich A murder does occur but the victim is a young adjutant Searching for the killer Bernie Gunther must pick through the lives of some of the Reichs most odious officials