The Fig Eater

"His wife, Erszebet, a Hungarian steeped in intuition and the lore of Gypsy mysticism, becomes obsessed with the murder and lauches her own parallel, secret investigation. She is sure that the figs found in Dora's stomach are the clue to the identity of the murderer - for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of the year. With the help of a young British governess, she unmasks an entirely other face of the crime, and of the society that would prefer it to be repressed forever."--BOOK JACKET.