"Frau Faust": Cologne thriller by Antje Zimmermann
Created: 09/23/2022, 18:00
By: Sven Trautwein
The typical crime novel is aimed at anyone who likes to puzzle.
Antje Zimmermann makes a strong start with her debut.
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Clarissa Moor is an acclaimed best-selling author and executive director of a Michelin-starred restaurant.
She also holds writing workshops.
In the media she is celebrated as the second Charlotte Link.
The influx is enormous, those interested in the workshop are queuing up.
Cover of the crime thriller "Frau Faust" by Antje Zimmermann © Piper
Crime strikes - she strikes back! In a male-dominated world, she has to get by day after day: detective inspector Katharina Sismann has an impressive success rate - many of her colleagues find this a thorn in the side. But Kata also lives on the fence in her private life: countless affairs and the mood swings after a head injury leave her lonely.
At the same time, however, she is hungry for success and recognition.The case that changes everything... When a glamorous and extremely wealthy writer is brutally murdered, Kata begins the fall of her life - a fall that deeply shakes everything she has ever believed in becomes ...
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I like the setting of the thriller.
An exclusive writing course by a best-selling author, who is also the manager of a star restaurant, forms the framework of the Cologne crime thriller, which shines with local color.
I also liked the character of the investigating officer, Katharina Sismann.
As a former boxer, she knows how to help herself even in difficult situations.
She hasn't exactly made friends at the writing workshop hosted by Clarissa Moor over the years.
Although she admits that all authors somehow copy from others, she often leaves her students with harsh judgments without offering any help.
Katharina Sismann and her team are also aware that this expands the range of possible perpetrators.
But maybe it's even further in the past?
Antje Zimmermann "Mrs. Faust": My conclusion
Antje Zimmermann constructs a case that is not so easy to see through.
Various people and motifs appear, are discarded and as a reader you can guess who will be behind bars in the end.
A debut worth reading.
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Antje Zimmermann "Mrs. Faust"
2022 Piper, ISBN-13 978-3-492-06244-2
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Antje Zimmermann
Antje Zimmermann lives as a journalist, non-fiction author and blogger in Cologne.
As a travel expert, she has traveled the world and regularly reports live on WDR television and radio about her experiences.
But actually, the daughter of a crime-loving bookseller always wanted to write novels.
"Frau Faust" is her crime debut.