The Cold Cup

Dieter Winter started late and built something rare: omaneo, a brand that stood for the real thing, and at its heart the roastery his father had carried from Naples to the Rhine and grown into the largest in the country. When age catches up with him, he sells his life's work - to a man who recites Dieter's own values back to him.But the ink is barely dry before the brand is passed on, the roastery shut, and cheap industrial coffee flows under the good name, sold as "hand-roasted" when it never was. With a corporate investigator, a journalist, and a retired customs officer, Dieter chases the one legal handle that might still stop the fall.A corporate thriller about betrayal and brand theft - and the one truth that cannot be bought. The closing volume of the omaneo Saga.

Dieter Winter started late and built something rare: omaneo, a brand that stood for the real thing, and at its heart the roastery his father had carried from Naples to the Rhine and grown into the largest in the country. When age catches up with him, he sells his life's work - to a man who recites Dieter's own values back to him.But the ink is barely dry before the brand is passed on, the roastery shut, and cheap industrial coffee flows under the good name, sold as "hand-roasted" when it never was. With a corporate investigator, a journalist, and a retired customs officer, Dieter chases the one legal handle that might still stop the fall.A corporate thriller about betrayal and brand theft - and the one truth that cannot be bought. The closing volume of the omaneo Saga.