Antwerp is suffocating under a merciless summer. When young women are found staged in terrifying crime scenes that echo old fairy tales, Chief Inspector Hannah de Wit is handed the case that will either break her or save her. The killer calls himself the Storyteller and bends the city to his will with rituals of glass, cord, and surgical precision.
Together with detective Thomas Vercauteren and forensic pathologist Elise Dubois, Hannah follows a trail of bloody fairy tales, faint connections, and old knots. It leads to The Golden Cage, a shuttered children’s home where shame and pain still cling to the walls. The closer Hannah gets to the truth, the clearer the link becomes to the disappearance of her sister Sarah.
Summer in Black is a claustrophobic, poetic thriller about guilt, memory, and choice. The heat becomes a character, rooms find a voice, and every breath can tip the balance between life and loss. This book slips under your skin and makes you hear, smell, and feel the city long after the final page.
