The 14th Alpine thriller by Jörg Maurer is announced as the most amazing case of Jennewein.
Quite rightly.
He developed a true horror scenario for “Death's skulls are buzzing”.
No wonder he gives his popular investigator a longer break afterwards.
Jörg Maurer's 14th Alpine thriller "With foehn, even death's skull hums" will be released on Wednesday.
Inspector Hubertus Jennerwein wakes up in the wrong body and even comes under suspicion of murder.
In his next book, the Garmisch-Partenkirchner enters the science fiction genre.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Jörg Maurer has fulfilled a dream.
Once again.
This time he gave in to his great passion for science fiction and fantasy.
That he puts his commissioner in a huge mess - it doesn't matter.
The stimulus to try a body swap was too great.
This is exactly what happens to poor Hubertus Jennerwein.
During the investigation into what happened to a dead industrialist, he simply disappears and the next day wakes up in a strange body.
It's a real horror scenario.
One that the reader has to get used to first.
That he has to get involved.
Once you get used to the condition and overcome the first shock, which can take a few chapters, great pleasure awaits you.
One where loyal Maurer readers meet many old friends.
"With foehn, even death's skull buzzes" is the title of the 14th Alpine thriller from his pen, which will be published on Wednesday.
In his 14th Alpine thriller, Jörg Maurer creates a true horror scenario
The Garmisch-Partenkirchner does not get lost on the mystery track. “That could have happened, too,” says the 67-year-old with a smile. Rather, he was inspired by Elon Musk, who announced that his Neuralink device, which enables communication between the human brain and computers, will be operational as early as 2022. That and his research on the brain-computer interface, which enables the control of machines with the help of thoughts, have led to what the author is now presenting in his new Alpine thriller. He dealt with this after his eleventh case, when it came to replacing Ludwig Stengele's hand with a prosthesis. And one that works perfectly thanks to the dialogue between the brain and the machine.
The technique of neurocopy - "I can copy a human brain and put it in another body", whispered an Indian computer nerd to a Dutch investor - goes a huge step further.
And leads into almost unimaginable spheres.
You won't find anything about that on the bright side of the network, the book says.
Maurer has thus developed an even bigger horror scenario.
One that by far exceeds the dimensions of pure body swap.
One that is still tremendously captivating.
After this gruesome story Jennerwein is allowed to take a break
The actual criminal case is drowning in the fog because of what happened to Jennerwein. When the superintendent is also under suspicion of murder, it is only his fate that interests them. “That is certainly not the pure doctrine,” admits the writer. In the meantime, however, the reader accepts it if there is no resolution. "The police also experience the fact that a case is not solved or that no motive can be found for an act."
After this story, he gives his popular investigator, who has accompanied him since 2009, a break.
“The Jennerwein has to recover”, announces Maurer and laughs.
The thought of walking through life in a strange body for a few days is also too gruesome.
"Actually completely perverse." The author mastered the challenge of describing this plot in such a way that it does not get completely out of hand - and already mentally prepared for his new project.
Maurer cannot say how things will go on with the investigator and his team.
Not even when.
Jörg Maurer dares to approach fantasy and science fiction material
Instead, he gives himself completely to his love, fantasy and science fiction literature. “I've been announcing this for a long time, now I'm finally going to do it.” He has already read a lot into the genre, also to know what is currently on the market. Maurer, who worked as a teacher and then as a cabaret artist in his previous life, would like to distance himself from this. With his "Shorty", as his new hero will probably be called, he is breaking new ground in the usual manner. That's exactly how he did it recently as a crime novel writer. Said main character, "a person like you and me, who escapes from one casual job to the next, suddenly comes into contact with an inexplicable power". Mason cannot be elicited more than that.
He has a lot of ideas.
Also for more Jennerweins.
They're already in the drawer, the synopsis for crime novels.
The Garmisch-Partenkirchner will not pay any attention to them in the near future.
"Now I dedicate myself to the fantastic story, see how I cope with it and also what the reader has to say about it."
The new alpine thriller
“With foehn even death the skull hums” appears on Wednesday, May 26th, in the Scherz-Fischer-Verlag (ISBN: 978-3-651-02590-5), comprises 416 pages and costs 16.99 euros.