Status: 13.01.2024, 13:03 PM
By: Sven Trautwein
CommentsPrint Share
Klaus-Peter Wolf is the "father of East Frisian crime novels" and presents his 18th crime novel. © Zoonar/Imago/S. Fischer Verlag (Montage)
More than 13 million crime novels sold and numerous film adaptations. His 18th crime novel will be published shortly. The author continues to be always excited.
Note to our readers: When you make a purchase through the links provided, we earn a commission from affiliates. This does not change anything for you.
Klaus-Peter Wolf, born in the Ruhr area, began writing at an early age and is considered the "father of East Frisian crime novels". At the end of January, the 18th volume "Ostfriesenhass" about the investigator Ann Kathrin Klaasen will be published. Wolf's crime novels have sold more than 13 million copies and some have been filmed for television. Recently, his first Christmas thriller was published. But despite the success, the author is nervous before every book publication, so that it sometimes literally keeps him up at night.
Klaus-Peter Wolf "East Frisian Hatred": That's what the book is about
He had to do it. Only he had the gift of a chosen one. Others did not see what he saw. They had long since been in the north, disguised as harmless vacationers, as normal people who wanted to spend their vacation on the coast. But he knew better. He had to save humanity. Today he had only caught one. Actually, he had wanted to kill both of them. He had to get better, couldn't make any more mistakes. Here, under the starry sky on the dike, he drew new energy. Because he still had a big task ahead of him...
Blurb/S. Fischerverlage
Bestselling author Klaus-Peter Wolf is having sleepless nights ahead of the publication of a new crime novel. "My biggest fear is to disappoint. When a new novel comes out, I'm nervous and excited," the crime writer, who celebrates his 12th birthday on January 70, confessed to dpa. For example, he fears that the suspense might be missing in a new release or that a joke might not be understood.
Stay up to date on new releases and book tips with the free newsletter from our partner 24books.de.
Klaus-Peter Wolf writes for his readers
"I don't write for my German teacher, not for a literary critic and not for the tax office. I write the books for my readers and I don't want to disappoint them," explained the crime writer, who lives in the small town of Norden in Lower Saxony, just like the main character of his East Frisian crime novels.
My news
BookTok Hit Becomes Movie: "It Ends With Us" by Colleen HooverRead
New Year's resolutions in book form: Eat healthy, lose weight and get a better body feelingread
Book Tips: Ten Classics You Should Definitely Have Readread
"Blood Moon" by Jo Nesbø: his best crime novel with Harry Holelesen
"The Imperial Years": New biography of Franz Beckenbauer has been brought forward – another one is also worth readingread
Norwegian Crime Novels and Thrillers: The Most Exciting Titles from the Far North.
At the same time, he finds it enriching to maintain a close connection with his readers. "When fans criticize, it's completely honest," Wolf stressed. However, he has little sympathy for general literary criticism that rejects successful regional crime novels. "It has something to do with a strangely elitist attitude: what many people think is good must be bad." He sees this as a problem for democracy. While crime writers with a large readership receive a lot of recognition in other countries, they often encounter the disapproval of literary critics in Germany, Wolf noted. The fact that writing, even of crime novels, is real craftsmanship is revealed by crime colleague Nele Neuhaus in an interview with IPPEN. MEDIA.
Klaus-Peter Wolf's East Frisian crime novels in the right order
- East Frisian Killer (2007)
- East Frisian Blood (2008)
- East Frisian Grave (2009)
- East Frisian Sin (2010)
- East Frisian Trap (2011)
- East Frisian Fear (2012)
- East Frisian Moor (2013)
- East Frisian Fire (2014)
- East Frisian Fury (2015)
- East Frisian Oath (2016)
- East Frisian Death (2017)
- East Frisian Curse (2018)
- East Frisian Night (2019)
- East Frisian Hell (2020)
- East Frisian Wrath (2021)
- East Frisian Storm (2022)
- East Frisian Greed (2023)
- East Frisian Hatred (2024)
On 24 January, Wolf will publish "Ostfriesenhass", the 18th volume of his East Frisian crime series about investigator Ann Kathrin Klaasen. The Gelsenkirchen-born author has sold over 13 million books, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages. A few days before the publication date, Klaus-Peter Wolf celebrates his 70th birthday.
Klaus-Peter Wolf "East Frisian Hatred"
2024 S. Fischer, ISBN-13 978-3-596-70863-5
Price: available for pre-order, paperback €13, e-book €9.99, 608 pages (may vary in format)
Order on Amazon
Klaus-Peter Wolf
The freelance author Klaus-Peter Wolf, born in Gelsenkirchen in 1954, lives in the East Frisian town of Norden, in the same city as his character, inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen. After many years in the Ruhr area, in the Westerwald and in Cologne, he, like his protagonist, moved to the coast and became an East Frisian by choice. His literary and cinematic works have received numerous awards. His books have been translated into 26 languages and sold over thirteen million copies. More than 60 of his screenplays, including many for the TV series "Tatort" and "Polizeiruf 110", have been filmed. Wolf is a member of the PEN Centre Germany.
Are you interested in more crime novels from the North Sea? Then maybe the feel-good thriller "Pleitemöwe" by Petra Göbel is something for you.