The gripping sequel to Catherine Shepherd's bestseller "The Puzzle Murderer of Zons": Zons 1496: While Bastian Mühlenberg of the Zons city guard is on the trail of an ancient treasure hidden deep beneath Zons by the Archbishop of Saarwerden during the construction of the city walls, a brutal murderer with a golden sickle is playing his bloody game with his victims. Seemingly at random, "upstanding" citizens disappear, and all that remains of them are their dead tongues, the visible signs of their sins. Three silver keys, guarded by Pastor Johannes and the St. Sebastianus shooting brotherhood, lead Bastian into a twisted labyrinth beneath Zons, where a dark secret awaits him. Zons 2012: A human foot bone is found in the Rhine meadows of Zons. Commissioner Oliver Bergmann is initially unable to find a body.