And he called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. Just like God.
A windowless shack in the woods. Lena's life and that of her two children follows the rules set by the father: Meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed.
Franz Eberhofer's cholesterol levels are as high as his spirits are low. It's goodbye to Bavarian meatloaf sandwiches and grandmother's scrumptious meatballs, and hello to endless servings of rabbit food. To make matters worse, just as Franz has really begun to engage with his son in a big way, ...
Mysterious murders in the nursing home…
James Gerald, former secret agent, investigates in Hastings
Retired spy James Gerald (70) checks into Eaglehurst, a nursing home in Hastings, in order to investigate the death of his friend and colleague ...
Meticulous coroner Dr Martin Gansewein leads a quiet life. That is, until the day the spirit of Pascha, a small-time criminal who dealt in stolen cars and whose body is now lying on the slab in front of him, insists on striking up a conversation. Pascha is in one hell of a bad mood - his ...
In his cleverly constructed debut thriller Arno Strobel takes us back to the time immediately after the events of 1945. While bombed-out Europe is being rebuilt, a few incorrigible Germans are devising an insane plan. Following their charismatic leader "Magus", the Simonian brotherhood ...
Just how free are we?
A bizarre murder: the body of a prostitute is discovered in the garden of a Free Church parish hall. There's a note in her skull bearing the religious epigram: "the truth will set you free".
When Detective Anton Glauberg returns home ...
The death of his uncle creates serious problems for the Berlin-based architect Nicolas Hollmann: why was the vineyard on the Rio Douro bequeathed to him of all people? Is he supposed to give up his profession and accept his inheritance? He has yet to find out quite how perilous the journey to ...
Venice is in the throes of the biennale and awash with tourists. Harry Oldenburg throws himself into the fray. He and his girlfriend Zoe are planning to relieve the Guggenheim Museum of two valuable exhibits. But in the sizzling summer heat, the well-hatched plan goes pear-shaped: Harry finds ...
Eberhofer's eleventh case: A murder without a body ...
Dammit all! What has gotten into the Eberhofer women recently? After baking about 2,000 cakes and cooking even more pork roasts, dumplings and sauerkraut, Grandma has decided to give up all domestic activities for good - at ...
Security expert Georg Hellberger feels right at home on the Moselle, having become a good wine connoisseur. But now he has been asked to put his investigator hat back on: a vintner friend asks him to look into events that occurred during the Reunification period. The supervisory Treuhand ...
Only the old villa knows the truth
One stormy autumn night, a call is made to the emergency room. An accident has occurred at the Gretzky family estate. Upon arrival, the detectives find a barely responsive woman on a swing in front of the villa. Inside, her husband is lying in a ...
Like a shadow in the night During the dark fall evenings of 1956, woman after woman is brutally raped in Dresden. When a body of a woman is found in the Elbe, calls for vigilante justice grow louder amongst the rattled population. Detective Insprector Max Heller and ...
