Crime and Punishment meets The Lives of Others via Rear Window on the eve of World War Two. Vienna, 1939. Professor Speckstein's dog has been brutally killed and he wants to know why. But these are uncharitable times and one must be careful where one probes...from the author of Pavel & I comes a tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, THE QUIET TWIN is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception.