Done reading these books:
30. Hildur - Die Spur im Fjord, Satu Rämö, 368 pages
31. Der Angstsammler (Patient), Jasper DeWitt, 256 pages
32. Das Ministerium der Welten - Der Riss, Luzia Pfyl, 150 pages
33. Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 2: Der Wandler, Luzia Pfyl, 136 pages
34. Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 3: Die Geister von Rungholt, Luzia Pfyl, 151 pages
35. Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 4: Katakomben, Luzia Pfyl, 129 pages
36. Die Filiale, Veit Etzold, 400 pages
37. Die dunklen Lichter der Stadt, Stefan Holtkötter, 330 pages
38. Seelenmesse (Requiem), Geir Tangen, 480 pages
39. Kalter Neid - Ein Fall für Sommer und Kampmann: Band 1, Angela Lautenschläger, 368 pages
Hildur - Die Spur im Fjord:
Westfjorden, Iceland: Hildur Rúnarsdóttir lost her two sisters when they went missing on the way home from school. Now as an adult, she works for the police. With the grim loss of her sisters still looming, she has developped a strict sport regime to keep herself fit and her mind occupied.
But the cracks are not only shown in the ice when the corpse of a killed man emerges under the piled up snow of an avalanche - as the current murder case has ties to what happened to Hilgurs sisters that fateful day years ago.
Very good book. In a short text after the end of the book the author mentions that Huldur was first sort of like an imaginary friend of hers at first and you can definitely how well fleshed out the character is.
Patient:
Parker H. is a young pychiatrist. When he starts working for a sanatorium in New England, the rumours of a patient catch his interest, a now thirty old man, only referred to as "Joe" who lives in the sanatorium since he was just six years old. Apparantly, all treatments have achieved nothing and the psychiatrists that tried treating him either went insane or even killed themselves. Obviously none of that scares Parker, as he is convinced that he can find the right treatment.
But Parker doesn't even know what waits for him and is quickly caught in Joes web.
Good spooky book.
Das Ministerium der Welten - Der Riss + Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 2: Der Wandler + Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 3: Die Geister von Rungholt + Das Ministerium der Welten - Band 4: Katakomben:
1925: The world is overrun by ghosts and monsters and the ony institution the stays in their path is the Ministry of Worlds. Melody, who works for Scotland Yard, is investigating a murder but the state of the corpse makes her realize that the case belongs the the Ministry. Their two best workers, River Fields und Norrick Lynch start working on the case but Melody decides to investigate herself - a dangerous decision.
Good series. The fourth book ends on a cliffhanger and it seems like there is not any news about a next book coming out, sadly.
Die Filiale:
Laura Jacobs works in a bank and after handling a bank robbery well by sneakily alarming the cops she is about to be promoted but at the same time her tenancy agreement for the house she lives in with her husband gets terminated, as apparently some big IT company wants to build a big facility in that area.
As Laura tries to save her house and prepare for her promotion, suddenly some shady bank account activities involving stealing big amounts of money from some of the banks clients are made by using her account - and she has to try to find ways to prove her innocence, but that turns out to be more dangerous than expected, as truly shady parties are pullling the strings in the background.
Solid book. Fairly tame for the most part despite being labelled as a thriller. Probably gonna read the two sequels.
Die dunklen Lichter der Stadt:
The young policeman Sven Maalouf can't believe his luck when he gets promoted to the murder squad - but that turns out to be a double edged sword, as he is supposed to report on any ill-doings that his co-worker Rosa Bertram commits. When she, against the wish of the police department, continues to investigate in a case that was labelled as accident, Svens conscience is put to a test, especially as the alleged accident seems to have ties to the current murder case that Sven and Rosa are supposed to work on. As such, Sven has to walk a tight balance between keeping his own job and not putting his partner in jeopardy.
Very good book. Not available in english.
Requiem:
The middle aged journalist Viljar Ravn Gudmundsson recieves a terrifying e-mail: an unknown person is proclaiming themselves to be a judge and that they will cast their judgment and kill a person for their illdoings the very next day. It could be a ruse but the unhinged nature of the text makes him send the email forward to the police. And guess what, next day a person is found dead and the murder seems be done in an amateurish way, with tons of fingerprints, etc.
When the next person is killed and similiarities with plots from popular crime books become evident, the first impression of an amateur murderer are quickly cast aside, as the murderer seems to be always one step ahead. Can investigator Lotte Skeisvoll save the next person from the murderer?
Great book. Very bleak
Kalter Neid - Ein Fall für Sommer und Kampmann: Band 1:
Theresa Sommer, divorce lawyer, is cheesed off when her client doesn't show up in court and asks her aunt Hedwig to visit her house to pick her up. As it turns out, the client was killed the night before. Police man Kampmann struggles to find clues to find the real murderer but luckily, Hedwig has an interest in crime and does some investigating on her own.
Decent book. Surprisingly relaxed nature considering that murders happen and all that but I liked it.