A terrifying and complex psychological thriller from Germanys Queen of Crime, The Cock is Dead recounts a tale of obsessive love and dangerous passions that threatens to escalate out of control.
Ingrid Noll was born in Shanghai in 1935. She read German Studies and Art History in Bonn. Hell Hath No Fury, her first crime novel, was published to worldwide acclaim. Her reputation as Germanys Queen of Crime was consolidated by Head Count and The Pharmacist, and her novels have now been translated into more than ten languages.