With Cold Precision

A Forensic Medical Thriller

  • Medical examiner Sabine Yao solves her first independent case with subtle sophistication
  • Over 200,000 copies sold
  • Instagram phenomenon Michael Tsokos: 850,000 followers and growing

Female, Clever, Authentic on Every Page


Medical examiner Dr Sabine Yao is called to the crime scene of a murder: the wife of renowned Berlin cosmetic surgeon Roderich Kracht has been strangled in her villa. There are no signs of forced entry, and Kracht has an ironclad alibi for the established time of death. During the autopsy, however, an inexplicable discrepancy emerges: the stage of rigor mortis and the calculated time of death simply do not match. A forensic first!

When inconsistencies also arise in another case that may be connected to the murder of the cosmetic surgeon’s wife, Sabine Yao realizes that she must proceed with the utmost caution. A serial killer with forensic expertise appears to be at work – cold, precise and completely ruthless. And he is always one step ahead of her ...

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 01.09.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-52870-9
  • 400 Pages
  • Series: Die Sabine Yao-Reihe
  • Author: Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos
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Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos With Cold Precision
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Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos

Michael Tsokos, born in 1967, is a professor of Forensic Medicine and head of the State Institute for Legal and Social Medicine in Berlin. He is the best known German forensic scientist and regularly works as an expert in Germany and abroad, among others for the Federal Criminal Police, identifying the victims of terror attacks and mass disasters. He has written 26 books to date, all of them SPIEGEL bestsellers.  Follow Michael Tsokos on Instagram: @dr.tsokos