Oliver Bottini

The first in a gripping new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations Louise Boni, maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers. The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

A Black Forest Investigation I

The Zen Murder

Roman

Der kalte Traum

Sebastian Fitzek

Stephan Hähnel

Viktor Iro

Kai Hensel

Ulrike Bliefert

Horst Bosetzky

Andrea Vanoni

Jochen Senf

Michel Birbaek

Lothar Berg

Christoph Spielberg

Vincent Kliesch

Lena Blaudez

Wieder haben Deutschlands beste Krimiautoren zugeschlagen: Am Bahnhof Zoo, am Brandenburger Tor oder am Alex. Einfach überall. In der Hauptstadt türmen sich die Leichen. Die Bestsellerautoren Sebastian Fitzek und Michel Birbæk haben die Messer gewetzt, der Friedrich-Glauser-Preisträger Christoph Spielberg und der Deutsche Krimipreisträger Oliver Bottini die Lunten gelegt. Tatort-Kommissar Jochen Senf und Tatort-Autorin Ulrike Bliefert haben die Pumpgun geladen. Die Thrillerspezialisten Stephan Hähnel, Andrea Vanoni und Viktor Iro die Axt geschwungen. Krimi-Shootingstar Vincent Kliesch und Altmeister -ky im Giftschränkchen gewühlt. Die Auftragsmörder Lena Blaudez und Kai Hensel die Schlingen geknüpft. Und zum Schluss hat der Cleaner Lothar Berg sie alle beerdigt. Mit einem Vorwort von U. A. O. Heinlein

14 Autoren. 30 Tote. Eine Stadt.

Berlin blutrot

Das Buch zur Serie ALGIERS CONFIDENTIAL – mehrfach prämierter Krimi, jetzt auch auf arte als TV-Serie Algerien: Afrikas größtes Land, mit Reichtum gesegnet, im Innersten zerrissen. Hier wird ein deutscher Rüstungsmanager entführt, angeblich von islamistischen Terroristen, so der algerische Geheimdienst. Doch für BKA-Mann Ralf Eley, an der deutschen Botschaft in Algier stationiert, passen zu viele Puzzlestücke nicht zusammen. Allerdings kann er nicht ermitteln, ohne die Ausweisung zu riskieren. Also tut er es diskret, mithilfe der algerischen Untersuchungsrichterin Amel, seiner heimlichen Geliebten. Bald wird klar, dass es um viel mehr geht als um das Leben eines Entführten. Denn zahlreiche Spuren führen nach Deutschland, zu einem schwäbischen Waffenhersteller. Und Eley begreift: Wenn er die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen will, muss er alles aufs Spiel setzen. Auf virtuose Weise verwebt Oliver Bottini das Thema (deutsche) Rüstungsexporte in einem mitreißenden Kriminalroman. Präzise lotet er die Untiefen von Macht und Unterdrückung aus und führt mit eindrucksvoller Intensität vor Augen, woran das System immer kranken wird – am Mangel an Menschlichkeit. Selten gelingt es so exzellent, politische Geschichte in einem spannenden Plot zu vergegenwärtigen.« TOBIAS GOHLIS, DIE ZEIT

Kriminalroman

Ein paar Tage Licht

Jamie Bulloch

A Black Forest Investigation III

Dance of Death

A Black Forest Investigation II

Summer of Murder

A Black Forest Investigation IV

Night Hunters

"Bottini is a terrific storyteller" SUNDAY EXPRESS The third in the Black Forest Investigations series - by CWA shortlisted author One wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family find a stranger in their garden. He is armed and tries to force his way into the house, but disappears as soon as the police are alerted. That night he's back with an impossible ultimatum . . . Freiburg detective Louise Boni and her colleagues are put under enormous pressure. Traces of evidence lead her to a no-man's-land, and to a ruthless criminal who brings with him the trauma of conflict in the Balkans. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch Praise for ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER - now shortlisted for the CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER: "Surprising and genuinely shocking" Joan Smith, Sunday Times "Gripping" Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler "An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations" Crime Review

The Dance of Death

"A surprising and genuinely shocking case." — Sunday Times. A maverick detective in Germany's Black Forest police squad trails a Japanese monk and discovers that he's fleeing an insidious evil that will transform the course of her own life.

A Black Forest Investigation

Zen and the Art of Murder

When a fireman dies in the explosion of a secret weapons cache, German detective Louise Boni investigation reveals connections with both neo-Nazis and illegal arms dealers. "Bristles with invention." — Guardian.

A Summer of Murder

"Night Hunters, like the previous three Black Forest cases, is hard-hitting and tightly written" MARK SANDERSON, The Times Crime Club "Oliver Bottini is a terrific storyteller" Sunday Express "Taut writing and pacy events" Sunday Times "Always able to surprise the reader" BARRY FORSHAW, author of Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide The fourth in the Black Forest Investigations featuring Louise Bonì - by the four-time winner of the German Crime Fiction Award At first nothing seems to link fifteen-year-old Eddie, a bit of a loner who finds solace swimming in the dangerous waters of the Rhine, and Nadine, a rich but bored student from Freiburg. Except for the fact that both disappear without trace, within days of each other. When Eddie's body is found, suspicion first falls upon his brutal and uncooperative father. But when Nadine's own father raises the alarm, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Bonì of the Freiburg police instinctively feels that the cases are connected. An abandoned barn near the river soon becomes the focus of the investigation, beginning a trail that will lead Bonì and her team across the Rhine to Colmar, confronting them with the grim secrets of outwardly respectable citizens. Sometimes it takes very little to unleash the monster in man. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

Lao Vongvilay

Qi-gong für jeden Tag

Die Kraft des Tigers

** NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER** "Gripping" Tatler The first in a thrilling new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations Louise Boni, maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers. The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

The second of the Black Forest Investigations - "Its plot bristles with invention" Guardian It has been a long dry summer in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten. When the local fire brigade is called to a burning farm shed, a volunteer is killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. The small community is shocked to the core. Louise Bonì, back with Freiburg Kripo after a period of withdrawal, is assigned to the task force dealing with the case. The meagre evidence they gather points to a possible connection with German neo-Nazis or illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia, but the appearance of secret service agents marking out the forest suggests more is at stake. Acting as her partner in the case is Thomas Ilic, whose allegiances are as conflicted as Bonì's. Who is in fact working for whom? In the most challenging case of her career - and one that puts her in mortal danger - Bonì must to overcome the ghosts of her past that continue to haunt her. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. Praise for ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER - now shortlisted for the CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER: "Surprising and genuinely shocking" Joan Smith, Sunday Times "Gripping" Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler "An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations" Crime Review Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

Der 2. Fall für Louise Bonì Kirchzarten ist der friedlichste Ort der Welt. Bis eines Tages im Morgengrauen ein Holzschuppen in Flammen aufgeht – und plötzlich ein Inferno losbricht. Verheerende Explosionen überraschen die freiwillige Feuerwehr und fordern ein Menschenleben. Wie sich herausstellt, hatten Unbekannte unter dem Schuppen ein Waffenlager angelegt. Die Freiburger Hauptkommissarin Louise Bonì steht vor dem bislang schwierigsten Fall ihrer Karriere. Die Spuren führen zurück in das zerfallende Jugoslawien der Neunzigerjahre. Doch als ein kaltblütiger Mord geschieht, beginnt Louise zu begreifen, dass der Fall weitaus größere Dimensionen hat. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Krimi Preis Louise-Bonì-Krimireihe: Vorgeschichte: Dunkler Tod Band 1: Mord im Zeichen des Zen Band 2: Im Sommer der Mörder Band 3: Im Auftrag der Väter Band 4: Jäger in der Nacht Band 5: Das verborgene Netz Band 6: Im weißen Kreis

Ein Fall für Louise Bonì

Im Sommer der Mörder

Winner of the German Crime Fiction Award Louise Boni drinks too much. The maverick inspector in Germany's Black Forest police squad is haunted by the mistakes she's made and the people she's lost. While she's dreading the approach of another lonely winter weekend, a call from her supervisor draws her into the most bizarre case of her career. A badly beaten Japanese monk is roaming the snowy Freiburg region with little more than sandals and a begging bowl, and the frightened holy man appears to be fleeing an unseen danger. Now Boni must battle both skeptical police authorities and her personal demons as her investigation reveals a hidden crime ring as well as a spiritual opportunity to transform her life. The first book in the Black Forest Investigation series, Zen and the Art of Murder is "a surprising and genuinely shocking case." — The Sunday Times (U.K.)

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