The Fig Eater
By Jody Shields
(Back Bay Books, Paperback, 9780316785266, 368pp.)
Publication Date: March 2001
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Historical, Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
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Description
When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer--for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year.











