He is removed from the investigation of the murder of "Mr Taystee," an ice-cream vendor, and assigned instead to investigate Lintz, a possible Nazi war criminal living quietly in Edinburgh (his history is based on the World War II massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane in France).
hiː ɪz ɹᵻmˈuːvd fɹʌmðɪ ɪnvˌɛstɪɡˈeɪʃən ʌvðə mˈɜːdɚɹ ʌv "mˈɪstɚ tˈeɪstiː," ɐn ˈaɪskɹˈiːm vˈɛndɚ, ænd ɐsˈaɪnd ɪnstˈɛd tʊ ɪnvˈɛstᵻɡˌeɪt lˈɪnts, ɐ pˈɑːsᵻbəl nˈɑːtsi wˈɔːɹ kɹˈɪmɪnəl lˈɪvɪŋ kwˈaɪətli ɪn ˈɛdɪnbʌɹə hɪz hˈɪstɚɹi ɪz bˈeɪst ɔnðə wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː mˈæsəkɚɹ æɾ ˈoːɹædɚsˈɜːɡlˈeɪn ɪn fɹˈæns.