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Whether it's harder crime novels or something to make you feel good, we've selected the four best books for your Easter reading.
Let yourself be captivated!
Easter is approaching and the days are getting longer and brighter.
This is a good opportunity to stock up on new and exciting books after the Leipzig Book Fair at the latest.
Crime novels are not only very popular at Easter in Norway.
This genre is also very popular in Germany.
Not only are books from the far north in demand, but the works of Sebastian Fitzek and Hubertus Borck also find a wide audience.
Here we present four books that you should definitely read.
We present the four most exciting crime novels for Easter.
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Amy Achterop “The Houseboat Detective Agency – Deadly Material”
The third feel-good crime thriller with the Amsterdam houseboat detective agency: In fact, Arie, Maddie, Jack, Jan and Elin discover a number of discrepancies: Is there a connection between the deceased and Kaatje Hommel, an older woman who makes her living by selling Improved knitted hats?
What role does a Swedish fashion designer play in this case?
When another body turns up, the five investigators realize that upholding the law while doing the right thing can sometimes be quite difficult.
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On a foggy spring morning in Amsterdam, Arie, owner of the houseboat detective agency, witnesses a well-respected entrepreneur being run over.
The daughter of the accident victim is convinced that this death was not an accident and commissions the houseboat detective agency to take on the case.
Blurb/Fischer paperback
Amy Achterop “The Houseboat Detective Agency – Deadly Material”
2024 Fischer paperback, ISBN-13 978-3-596-70895-6
Price: can be pre-ordered, paperback €13, e-book €9.99, 304 pages (different format)
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Sybille Ruge “9mm Cut”
The Glauser Prize winner made her debut with “Davenport 160x90” and is now back with a sharp and very fast crime thriller.
A severed head in a plastic bag in front of the office and a murdered managing director – things seem to be getting out of hand at the NGO “Interni”.
And a charitable foundation can do anything but use bad press.
An exciting crime thriller full of possible motifs in a noir style that does credit to the crime genre.
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In addition to the visibly overwhelmed foundation board member Max Karnofsky, Eve also has to deal with his icy wife Helena, the family's daughters - twins who could easily come from "The Shining" - and a gruff banker from New York with bad connections.
A world of the rich and super-rich where everything is functional.
Including the children.
Blurb/Suhrkamp
Sybille Ruge “9mm Cut”
2024 Suhrkamp, ISBN-13 978-3-518-47399-3
Price: paperback €17, e-book €14.99, 230 pages (different format)
Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst “Blood Hour”
The fifth part of the Norwegian thriller series is also likely to enter the bestseller list soon.
The four previous volumes were at number one in the book charts in Norway for a very long time.
The author duo is a well-rehearsed team and can rely on their writing talent.
Jørn Lier Horst held a senior position in the Norwegian Criminal Police before turning to writing.
The background knowledge is skilfully reflected in the exciting stories.
I also really liked “Bloody Night”.
Two months have passed since Alexander Blix was acquitted of the charge of premeditated murder.
But his life is in ruins: he can never work as a police officer again and feels like someone is following his every move.
Then Blix's demented father turns to him because he believes someone is trying to poison him.
Blurb/Blanvalet
Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst “Blood Hour”
Translated from Norwegian by Maike Dörries, Günther Frauenlob
2024 Blanvalet, ISBN-13 978-3-7341-1260-7
Price: Paperback €12, 464 pages
Eva Ehley “Bitter End”
The investigative trio Silja Blanck, Bastian Kreuzer and Sven Winterberg are heading to the island of Sylt for the eleventh time.
The classic Whodunnits were awarded the Agatha Christie Crime Prize, among others.
A crime thriller recommendation, perfect for the Easter days and not just for Sylt fans.
The Kampener Vogelkoje has always been a murderous place.
Only ducks used to die here.
But now the literary critic Konrad Otze is found on a lonely bench high up on the dike with six knives in his body.
Silja Blanck, Bastian Kreuzer and Sven Winterberg begin to investigate.
Suspicion immediately falls on the six participants in a literary colloquium, almost all of whom the murder victim has antagonized.
But they all have an alibi...
Blurb/Fischer paperback
Eva Ehley “Bitter End”
2024 Fischer paperback, ISBN-13 978-3-596-70894-9
Price: pre-order paperback €13, e-book €9.99, 368 pages (different format)
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