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Alex Mavros is pitted against a ruthless and depraved killer

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The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson preferring the company of aA bleak psychological noir set in an occupied, unnamed city. It follows Frank Friedmaier, a nineteen year old pimp and murderer living in his mother's brothel, as he descends into utter moral decay before finding a dark form of redemption through interrogation