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Roman · Diogenes »Sasha Filipenko is one of those young writers who immediately gained a reputation for Sasha Filipenko being a serious author. If you want to get inside the head of modern, young Russia, read Filipenko.« Red Crosses

Svetlana Alexievich A booksellers’ favourite and a Spiegel Bestseller for several weeks

Sasha Filipenko comments on Praise for Red Crosses: the current political events in Belarus, his home country »Young Sasha Filipenko has written an essential book which is here to stay.« »An important, necessary book. His article was published Marko Martin / Die Welt, Both for Russia, which suffers in leading international newspapers. from historic amnesia, and Here’s an excerpt: »A tour de force. A book full of sound and Europe which is also running fury, but also greatness and gentleness.« the risk of losing its historic »All that Lukashenko cared for over all Astrid de Larminat / Le Figaro littéraire, Paris memory.« those years was Belarusian Ice Hockey, Dmitry Glukhovsky and as we know, our national team plays »This is gripping contemporary history worse year by year, thanks to his kind that exerts a unique pull on the reader.« attention. [. . .] Lukashenko disdainfully

Ursula May / HR2 Kultur, Frankfurt Kreuze Rote Filipenko Sasha looked down on the people (which he Sasha called his own), and the citizens sought »The author expertly interlaces the Filipenko to overlook the rowdy politician, fictitious story with the original Rote Kreuze discussed the future of the country in documents and transposes history Rights sold: their kitchens and placed their hopes into the present.« Roman · Diogenes in the the chief of state’s thyroid gland Lerke von Saalfeld / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Croatian (Božičević) (there were rumours).« Czech (Pistorius) Published in August 2020 in (Die Welt), »First, this book is very Dutch (Meridiaan) Poland (Gazeta Wyborcza) Original edition published in 2017 by Vremya, Moscow, and Sweden (Dagens Nyheter) sophisticatedly constructed. Second, English / world (Europa Editions) under the title Krasny Krest it tells an outrageous story.« French (Éditions des Syrtes) Novel 288 pages, 2020 Peer Teuwsen / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich Hungarian (Európa) Italian (Edizioni e/o) Japanese (Shueisha) World rights are handled by Diogenes. Polish (Agora) Film rights are available. Russian original publisher: Vremya »He deftly forges links with modern-day Russia, Spanish (Alianza) a land that often suppresses the sinister aspects of its history.« Swedish (Ersatz) Felix Münger / SRF 1, Zurich

Sasha Filipenko’s books have been published in 14 languages. FICTION »It seems to me that a cult writer Sasha Filipenko of the first twenty years of the 21st century has appeared in Russia, replacing Viktor Pelevin.« The Ex-Son Mikhail Davidson

After the success of Red Crosses, we’re proud to announce Sasha Filipenko’s debut – his second novel to be published in German.

What is life like after ten years of coma? Rote Kreuze Rote Filipenko Sasha Sasha Filipenko In today’s Belarus, it might mean that every- Rote Kreuze

Roman · Diogenes thing in your family has changed, whereas the country around you stayed exactly the same. Intentions The Hunt Red Crosses Back to Prison Novel, 2015 Novel, 2016 Novel, 2017/2020 Novel, 2019 With witty dialogues, a poetic atmosphere, and concise descriptions.

Praise for The Ex-Son: After being trampled at a mass panic in his Belarusian home town, 16-year-old music »Despite its brevity and »When I had opened the book by Sasha student Zisk falls into a coma. Most people Sasha Belarusian style, you are holding Filipenko, I saw a great novel about the give up on him, his girlfriend, his mother, Filipenko a really big Russian novel – events taking place today in Belarus.« his doctor. Only his grandmother Elvira perhaps the one that literature Sergei Chuprinin, Literary critic and Der ehemalige has been awaiting for years.« jury president for the ›Russian Prize‹ Alexandrovna stays by his side and sees to Nicht mehr euer Sohn euer mehr Nicht Filipenko Sasha Sohn Mikhail Idov / GQ Russia, Moscow it that he is taken care of — for days, »The book is extremely lyrical. months, years. Zisk’s mother falls in love »If we leave out Svetlana Alexievich, I don’t think I’ve ever read with the doctor and has a baby with him. Roman · Diogenes who is already a classic, today the anything better about a grandmother’s After ten years, at the very moment when love for her grandson.« leaders of the literary course are Zisk is told that his grandmother has died, Alex Dubas (Russian author) Algerd Bakharevich in the Belarusian- he wakes up. He realizes that his family speaking segment and Sasha Filipenko Original edition published 2014 by has moved on to another period in their in the Russian-speaking segment.« »A powerful, dense, surprisingly Vremya, Moscow, under the title Byvshi syn sincere text.« lives, that they don’t want him anymore. Novel Nikolai Khalezin, playwright and director April 2021 of the Belarus Free Theatre Natalya Sindeeva, founder and CEO of Rain TV The country as a whole, however, is still governed by the same authoritarian ›Russian Prize‹ 2014 president, the general brain drain persists, Finalist in the 2016 ›Big Book Award‹ the police quickly smother any kind of (›Bolshaya Kniga‹) protest. Will Zisk find his place in Belarus?

Sasha Filipenko’s books Rights sold: sasha filipenko, born in Minsk in 1984, is a Belarusian author have been published in 14 languages. who writes in Russian. After abandoning his classical music training, Japanese (Shueisha) he studied literature in St. Petersburg and worked as a journalist, World rights are handled by Diogenes screenwriter and author for a satire show. The Ex-Son is his second novel to be published in German. Sasha Filipenko is a passionate except Russian.

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Moritz Heger Aus der Mitte des Sees World rights are by handled Diogenes. Film rights are available. Moritz Heger Aus der Mitte 288 pages, March 2021 des Sees Roman Novel · Diogenes FICTION FICTION »The German Wunderkind.« Benedict Wells Paula Cocozza / The Guardian, London Hard Land

The long-awaited new novel of the inter- 24198 24444 00000 national bestselling author Benedict Wells.

A novel infused with nostalgia for the days Die Wahrheit über das Lügen über das Wahrheit Die Benedict Wells of youth and for their singular atmosphere: Becks Benedict Wells Benedict Wells letzter Sommer Benedict Wells Benedict Wells Vom Ende Die Wahrheit Spinner Fast genial über das Lügen a mixture between euphoria and melancholy. der Einsamkeit Benedict Wells Zehn Geschichten

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Bestseller Bestseller Bestseller Land Hard Missouri, 1985: In an attempt to escape a Beck’s Last Summer Crank Almost Ingenious The End The Truth Novel, 2008 Novel, 2009 Novel, 2011 of Loneliness About Lying troubled home life, fifteen-year-old Sam Movie Adaptation Novel, 2016 Ten Stories, 2018 takes a holiday job in an old cinema. And for the duration of one magical summer, Since publication of Benedict Wells’ debut Beck’s Last Summer, everything is turned on its head. He finds we have sold more than 1 million copies of these five books.

friends, falls in love and discovers the Benedict Wells The End of Loneliness was a Spiegel top 10 Bestseller for more than secrets of his hometown. For the first time Benedict Wells half a year, and a #2 Dutch bestseller. Film rights are optioned. ever, he is no longer an unremarkable out- Hard Land sider. Until something happens that forces him to grow up. Praise for The End of Loneliness: A homage to 1980s coming-of-age movies »Our fate is everything we become; »A bittersweet, intricately plotted family The Breakfast Club Stand By Me Roman · Diogenes yet what happens to Jules and Alva, saga [. . .] A tender, affecting novel, like and — in the hands of Benedict Wells, one that packs a lot into a slender frame.« the story of a summer that will never be is dazzling storytelling. The End Kirkus Reviews, New York forgotten. of Loneliness is both affecting Novel and accomplished — and eternal.« »This early experience informs Wells’ 304 pages, March 2021 John Irving über-personal new novel, an international »Benedict Wells is probably phenomenon that won the ›European the biggest talent our country has »Touching and timeless.« Union Prize for literature‹.« seen in the past few years.« Publishers Weekly, New York Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of 2019, New York Kester Schlenz / Stern, Hamburg Benedict Wells’ books have been published in 38 languages.

World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. benedict wells, born in in 1984, moved to Berlin after com- pleting school and focused on his writing, earning a living with various Application for translation support jobs. His fourth novel, The End of Loneliness, spent more than a year possible with Pro Helvetia. and a half on the Spiegel Bestseller list, was awarded the 2016 ›European Union Prize for Literature‹, among other awards, and has been pub- lished in 37 languages. After several years in Barcelona, Benedict Wells

now lives in Zurich. Eberhard © Roger Photo: FICTION 75th birthday on 14 April 2021 — many happy returns Charles Lewinsky The great novels of the great storyteller Charles Lewinsky — now with Diogenes. Melnitz

A writer who reinvents himself with every new book, with an impressive range of themes and narrative tones. #1 on the Swiss bestseller list for three months.

»Rare linguistic splendour and ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger 2008‹. striking narrative virtuosity.« 300’000 copies sold in the . Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich A milestone of Swiss literature and the novel that brought Charles Lewinsky his international breakthrough. The great Jewish-Swiss family epic, encompassing the fateful years from 1871 to 1945. Charles 1871. Cattle-dealer Solomon Meijer has Melnitz Lewinsky Charles Lewinsky made a reputation for himself in Endingen, Melnitz Der Halbbart Der Lewinsky Charles Der Stotterer Der Lewinsky CHarles Charles a rare Swiss town in which Jews are allowed Lewinsky Charles Der Stotterer Lewinsky to reside. He leads a largely untroubled life, Der Halbbart Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes but this is set to end when he answers a # 1 Bestseller # 1 Bestseller knock at the door in the middle of the # 1 Bestseller night. On the doorstep stands his young The Stutterer Halfbeard Roman · Diogenes Novel, 2019 Novel, 2020 distant cousin, Janki, half-dead and beg- Longlisted for the ›German Book Prize‹ ging for refuge. The pitiful figure is invited Shortlisted for the ›Swiss Book Prize‹ in and given a coveted place in the bosom of the family, but when Janki recovers and First published by Nagel & Kimche, Zurich in 2006 Novel Rights sold: Rights sold: regains his ambition and his fine looks, he 776 pages, April 2021 will change the Meijer family’s lives for Arabic (Al Arabi) Dutch (Meridiaan) generations to come . . . Chinese / CN (Archipel Press) Italian (SEM) Dutch (Meridiaan) »A powerful arc of suspense, Melnitz incorporating the greatest longings has been published in 13 languages. for advancement and the worst historical catastrophes.« World rights are handled by Diogenes. charles lewinsky, born in Zurich in 1946, has been a freelance Ernst Osterkamp / Film rights are available. writer since 1980. He won international renown with his novel Melnitz, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung which was awarded numerous prizes, including the French ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹. For Midsummer’s Day he was awarded the Application for translation support Rights currently sold: German ›Schiller Foundation Prize‹. His most recent novel Halfbeard possible with Pro Helvetia. was longlisted for the ›German Book Prize‹ and is shortlisted for Dutch (Meridiaan) the ›Swiss Book Prize‹. Charles Lewinsky lives in Vereux (France) English/world (Atlantic Books)

in summer, and in Zurich in winter. Verlag © Diogenes / Maurice Haas Photo: FICTION FICTION Charles Lewinsky Charles Lewinsky Gerron Kastelau

A ghostly episode of history, told in One mountain village, one film team — a haunting voice. and one goal: to survive. 24591 An existential dilemma: play along — How beliefs conform to the circumstances. 24593 or die. A masterful game of deception. A story that gets under your skin. Kastelau was nominated for the ›German Gerron was shortlisted for Book Prize‹. the ›Swiss Book Prize‹. A man stands on Hollywood’s Walk of The actor and director Kurt Gerron Fame and destroys a star with a pickaxe. was once a star — and now he’s just one Why did he do it? The affair leads back amongst many concentration camp to the winter of 1944: under the pretext of inmates. In Theresienstadt, he has to shooting a propaganda film, a Berlin film Charles prove his proficiency one more time, team sets off into the Alps. But in the vil- Lewinsky by staging the existence there as happy Charles lage of Kastelau, the filming of an invented Kastelau Jewish life. Gerron sees himself faced Lewinsky story increasingly becomes the invented with a momentous decision. Gerron story of a filming.

Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes »Masterfully told by Charles Lewinsky, »A tragicomic story about as though he himself were Kurt love and betrayal, about Gerron, that comic of banality who ambition and cowardice.« First published by Nagel & Kimche, Zurich in 2011 First published by Nagel & Kimche, Zurich in 2014 finds himself before the abyss, then Manfred Papst / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich surpasses himself.« Novel Novel 542 pages, April 2021 398 pages, April 2021 Ilja Richter / Die Welt, Berlin Rights currently sold:

Rights currently sold: Dutch (Meridiaan) Gerron Kastelau French (Grasset & Fasquelle) has been published in 6 languages. has been published in 2 languages. Italian (Einaudi)

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Application for translation support Application for translation support possible with Pro Helvetia. possible with Pro Helvetia. FICTION NON-FICTION Charles Lewinsky Charles Lewinsky Midsummer’s Day Is that You?

A microcosm filled with explosives. A great author provides an insight into the Narrated with psychological sophistication. interaction between life and imagination.

24592 Charles Lewinsky gives surprising answers After a teacher is suspended over an affair to the most frequently-posed question at with one of his pupils, he retreats to a his live readings. French village. It seems an idyllic setting, but appearances can be deceiving. What of his own life does a writer smuggle A building project opens up ancient graves, into his books, either consciously or sub- and before the outsider knows what’s hit consciously? Charles Lewinsky sets out to him, he’s embroiled in the intrigue. A web discover the answer to this question, and of crimes from long-gone days and very- is amazed by how much personal material much-alive intrigue soon unfurls. has inadvertently crept into his novels. Charles This gives him the opportunity, through Charles Lewinsky anecdotes and confessions, to remember das? Sind Sie Lewinsky Charles Lewinsky »Charles Lewinsky impressively Johannistag both the highs and lows — as they are re- Sind Sie das? demonstrates that life flected in his own work. Eine Spurensuche in the countryside is tranquil but no less dangerous.« Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Sabine Doering / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung »Charles Lewinsky is probably one of the hardest-working and undisputedly one of the most First published by Haffmans, Zurich in 2000 successful and diverse Swiss writers.« A Search for Clues Novel Martin Ebel / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Non-Fiction 316 pages, April 2021 256 pages, April 2021 ›ZKB Schiller Prize 2001‹

Charles Lewinsky’s books Midsummer’s Day have been published in 15 languages. has been published in 2 languages. World rights are handled by Diogenes. World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. Film rights are available. Application for translation support Application for translation support possible with Pro Helvetia. possible with Pro Helvetia. great fiction: hurt, andhurting, with the a powerful tragi-comic senseof the reek Beat Beat Sterchi’s astonishing fiction never Ted Hughes: the archaic andarchetypal The book isakindof ›deprofundis‹ of power for (onehopes)positive hurt.« »Cow eet [. relents and frenzyand of theyard-workers world. joyfully or lengthily celebrated [. the cattle-sheds, amilker’s epic.« joys of the udder were never more »Beat »Beat Sterchi isakindof prose isextraordinary [. . .] The Observer, London but alsoagentle, magically lyricalone.« Cow Seamus Heaney English in Montréal. BeatSterchi now lives inBerneasa freelance writer. 1982 heengagedinfurtherstudies CanadaandtaughtGerman Tegucigalpa (Honduras) andstudiedLatinAmerican literature. Until studied English. From 1975 to 1977 hewas alanguage teacherin beat sterchi, isamemorable and »A savage, demonic work,

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FICTION »A virtuoso of the historical novel.« Lukas Hartmann Charles Linsmayer / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich Shadow Dance 23913 24194 24023 24094

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Hartmann Hartmann Lukas • • • Pestalozzis Hartmann Lukas of inner freedom and outer imprisonment. Die Seuche Finsteres Hartmann Hartmann Berg Bis ans Ende Räuberleben der Meere Glück Der Konvoi

Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Hartmann Lukas Hartmann Lukas Hartmann Lukas Bestseller Bestseller Roman · Diogenes Bestseller An insight into the driven soul of the inter- nationally renowned Swiss artist Louis Pestalozzi’s The Plague To the End Dark Bliss A Robber’s Life The Convoy Mountain Novel, 2009 of the Sea Novel, 2010 Novel, 2012 Novel, 2013 Soutter. Novel, 2009 Novel, 2009 The new, gripping artist novel by the Swiss bestselling author. 24360 24297

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Lukas style, the musician and artist Louis Soutter Lukas Hartmann Lukas Hartmann Lukas Hartmann Hartmann Ein passender Lukas Abschied Mieter Hartmann Lukas Ein Bild Hartmann is committed to a Swiss mental institution von Sansibar Auf von Lydia beiden Seiten Der Sänger Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Bestseller Bestseller Bestseller Bestseller # 1 Bestseller by his family. Only his famous cousin Le Corbusier stands by him. Soutter’s pictures

Goodbye On Both Sides A Suitable Tenant A Picture of Lydia The Singer Schattentanz Hartmann Lukas to Zanzibar Novel, 2015 Novel, 2016 Novel, 2018 Novel, 2019 are unsettling and ignored by the art world Lukas Novel, 2013 of his time. Le Corbusier, both disconcerted Hartmann and fascinated, becomes intertangled with Praise for The Singer: Schattentanz this archaic art and the convoluted life Die Wege des Louis Soutter paths that have led Soutter to this point. »A masterful balancing act.« »[. . .] the book’s real strength lies in Roman · Diogenes Elmar Krekeler / Die Welt, Berlin its unspoken topicality, this recurring conflict between humanity and a »Yet he [Hartmann] avoids pathos rationally comprehensible yet often cruel »Lukas Hartmann presents the and narrates with moving empathy. political pragmatism.« uncanny inevitability that seems to The Paths of Louis Soutter As a result, the story of the life Jutta Duhm-Heitzmann / WDR3, lie in the destiny of his characters Novel and death of Jossele Schmidt assumes with the unspectacular virtuosity 240 pages, March 2021 a harrowing topicality.« »This is an exemplary piece of genre of a true master of narrative.« Ditta Rudle / Buchkultur, Vienna fiction, which records a tragic life Wolfgang Steuhl / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung dispassionately and without intrusive moral judgement.« Lukas Hartmann’s books have been published in 17 languages. New Books in German, London

World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. lukas hartmann, born in Berne in 1944, studied German literature and psychology. He used to be a teacher and journalist. He now lives near Berne and writes books for both adults and children. His novels Application for translation support place him on the Swiss bestseller list time and again. In 2010 he was possible with Pro Helvetia. awarded with the ›Sir Walter Scott Literature Prize‹ for To the End of the Sea and in 2018 the ›Literature Prize of the Canton of Berne‹ for

A Picture of Lydia. Dierendonck van © Bernard Photo: FICTION »Luca Ventura skilfully combines tension with Italian flair. Pure pleasure.« Luca Ventura Gala, Hamburg Bittersweet Lemons

Capri beckons — with the scent of lemons and dark secrets. Ventura Mitten im August Ventura Investigating and savouring with a Luca Luca Ventura Mediterranean feel. Mitten im August Der Capri-Krimi The Capri crime series returns with its second case: how local businesses fall out Roman · Diogenes Bestseller over the island’s sought-after citrus fruits.

In the Middle of August A Capri Crime Novel, 2020 On the most beautiful island in the world, the lemons are ripening for the Bellinis’ Bittersüße Zitronen Bittersüße Ventura Rights currently sold: famous Limoncello. But then, the Constan- tinis suddenly stop supplying — they want

Catalan (Univers) Luca to make the shift to organic fruits and Spanish/world (Catedral) Luca Ventura crowdfarming. When Elisa Constantini Bittersüße dies in a mysterious accident on Capri’s Zitronen serpentine roads, the island’s young Der Capri-Krimi detective Enrico Rizzi and his dynamic »Luca Ventura’s Capri crime novel »Reading it made me colleague Antonia Cirillo lead the inves- is the start of an atmospheric series want to go straight to Capri.« tigation — and find themselves gazing into Roman · Diogenes which promises everything that Italy Petra Hartlieb (Author) has to offer.« an abyss of old feuds and new disputes. Barbara Hoppe / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung »A very promising start to a new crime series — and a trip to one of the A Capri Crime Novel »This is the opening act to a promising most beautiful islands in Europe.« 336 pages, April 2021 new crime series, whose protagonists Münchner Merkur, Munich have a fair few secrets still hidden.« Christina Mondolfo & Mathias Ziegler / »Ideal for anybody who likes their crime Wiener Zeitung, Vienna thrilling but not too bloody.« Luca Ventura’s books have been published in 3 languages. Regula Tanner / Schweizer Familie, Zurich

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luca ventura prefers to remain anonymous. The writer spends a large part of the year on the Gulf of Naples, where he is currently working on the third case in the Capri series about the islander Enrico Rizzi and his north Italian colleague Antonia Cirillo. FICTION »Still the most original crime writer in the German language.« Ingrid Noll Christel Freitag / NDR Kultur, Hamburg Fickle Flames 23151 22575 22726 22930 23023

A captivating multigenerational house share. Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Die Häupter Kalt ist der Der Hahn meiner Die Röslein ist tot Lieben Apothekerin Abendhauch rot A wanton comedy, witty and racy. Ingrid Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Noll at her best!

Hell Hath Head Count The Pharmacist Cold is the Red Rose No Fury Novel, 1993 Novel, 1994 Evening's Breeze Novel, 1998 Novel, 1991 Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation Novel, 1996 She may not be beautiful, but she can cook TV Adaptation Movie Adaptation and lend a hand. That’s why Lorina has become a carer to the elderly, and she’s hit 23341 24012 23596 24095 the jackpot with her appointment at the Alsfelder Villa — where there’s an endless Ingrid Noll Rabenbrüder Ingrid Noll coming and going of attractive massage Ladylike Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Kuckucks- Ehrenwort Selige Falsche kind therapists and affairs occur that are better Witwen Zungen kept secret. Further excitement is supplied Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes by an imposed poodle and an abandoned Ingrid Noll Blissfully Rabenbrüder False Tongues Ladylike Cuckoo’s Child Word of Honour baby, which visibly cheer up the old lady Kein Feuer Widowed Novel, 2003 Stories, 2004 Novel, 2006 Novel, 2008 Novel, 2010 Novel, 2001 TV Adaptation in Lorina’s care. Much to the disapproval kann brennen

of her greatnephew, who is waiting in the heiß so kann brennen Feuer Kein Noll Ingrid so heiß wings for his inheritance. 24311 24259 Roman · Diogenes Ingrid NollIngrid Halali Ingrid Noll In Liebe Noll Ingrid Ingrid Noll Goldschatz Noll Ingrid »Ingrid Noll is often referred Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Der Ingrid Noll In Liebe Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll Mittagstisch Halali Goldschatz Dein Karl to as Germany’s ›Queen of Crime‹, Über Bord Hab und Gier Novel

Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes and she fully deserves this title.« 224 pages, March 2021 The Sunday Times, London Overboard Till Greed Lunchtime Tally-Ho Good as Gold With Love, Karl Novel, 2012 Do Us Part Novel, 2015 Novel, 2017 Novel, 2019 Stories, 2020 Novel, 2014 Ingrid Noll’s books All titles on the Spiegel Bestseller list have been published in 28 languages.

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ingrid noll, born in Shanghai in 1935, studied German philology and art history in . She has three children and four grandchildren. After her children left home, she began writing crime stories, which all became instant bestsellers. In 2005 she received the ›Glauser Prize of

Honour‹ for her oeuvre. Verlag © Diogenes / Barth Renate Photo: FICTION »No one is more graceful and accomplished than Leon.« Donna Leon The Washington Post Transient Desires 23311 23118 22780

Brunetti’s greatest challenge: Questura, Coastguard and Carabinieri join forces on

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Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Donna Leon takes us behind the scenes: to the shady dealings of venetian boatmen. Death at La Fenice Acqua Alta Fatal Remedies Friends Brunetti #1, 1993 Brunetti #5, 1997 Brunetti #8, 2000 in High Places A new case for the international bestseller Brunetti #9, 2001 lists.

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The updated edition on the occasion of Brunetti’s wisest thoughts and wittiest Brunetti’s 30th case. bonmots from thirty cases collected in one volume. In Brunetti’s footsteps: 13 literary walks through 30 criminal cases. Commissario Brunetti in private: The collected wisdom of readers’ favourite A literary travel guide: Toni Sepeda leads Italian detective. us through Brunetti’s Venice. With a preface by Donna Leon. The perfect gift for fans, and the gateway drug for newcomers. Calli, campi and cafes: throughout all these years, the Commissario has not just re- Why do readers all over the world love mained loyal to his family, but also to his Toni Sepeda Brunetti like a friend with whom they’ve favourite corners of the city. Toni Sepeda Mit Brunetti gone through thick and thin? Probably has meticulously traced Brunetti’s where- because he’s as much a philosopher as he Toni Sepeda Brunetti Mit Toni Venedig durch durch Venedig abouts in the alleys of Venice, compiling Vorwort von Donna Leon is a detective. He strives tirelessly to under- what takes place around the Questura, Diogenes stand his fellow human beings. As an Mit Brunetti in San Polo or at the Ospedale Civile. Italian, bon vivant and family man, he

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