Ameise1 (Barbara)'s 50+ in 2021

I'm back again and I'm looking forward to a new fantastic reading year.

2011: 51 books / 2012: 77 books / 2013: 74 books / 2014: 75 books / 2015: 88 books / 2016: 76 books / 2017: 96 books / 2018: 102 books / 2019: 96 books/nbsp;/ 2020: 85 books



January
# 1 Irisches Roulette by Hannah O'Brien (4 stars)
# 2 End Of Watch by Stephen King (4½ stars)
# 3 Irische Nacht by Hannah O'Brien (4 stars)
# 4 Provenzalische Intrige by Sophie Bonnet (4 stars)
# 5 Die Diamanten von Nizza by Peter Mayle (3 stars)
# 6 The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark (4 stars)

February
# 7 Banker by Dick Francis (4½ stars)
# 8 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (4 stars)
# 9 Innocent by David Baldacci (4½ stars)
#10 Slow Horses by Mick Herron (4½ stars)
#11 Dead Lions by Mick Herron (4½ stars)

March
#12 The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen (4 stars)
#13 Extraordinary People by Peter May (4½ stars)
#14 Odds Against by Dick Francis (4½ stars)
#15 Sommer, Meer und der Tote im Pool by Inez Velazquez (3½ stars)
#16 The Critic by Peter May (4½ stars)
#17 The Outsider by Stephen King (4½ stars)

April
#18 The Hit by David Baldacci (4½ stars)
#19 The Babylon Idol by Scott Mariani (4½ stars)
#20 Der Fluch vom Gardasee by Alessandro Montano (4 stars)
#21 An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas (5 stars)
#22Death Distilled by Melinda Mullet (4½ stars)
#23 The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas (4½ stars)

May
#24 Die Kraft des Bösen by Fabio Paretta (4 stars)
#25 Gezeitenspiel by Benjamin Cors (4½ stars)
#26 Bonecrack by Dick Francis (4&frac12: stars)
#27 Der Kommissar von Barfleur by Maria Dries (4 stars)
#28 Totenweg by Romy Folck (4½ stars)
#29 Brennender Midi by Cay Rademacher (4½ stars)
#30 Trügerisches Neapel by Fabio Paretta (4½ stars)
#31 Leuchtfeuer by Benjamin Cors (4½ stars)
#32 Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty (4½ stars)
#33 Todesmal by Andreas Gruber (4½ stars)
#34 Die Bühne des Sterbens by Hendrik Falkenberg (4 stars)

June
#35 The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter (4 stars)
#36 Der Frühling des Commissario Ricciardi by Maurizio De Giovanni (4 stars)
#37 Tödlicher Lavendel by Remy Eyssen (4 stars)
#38 Schwarzer Lavendel by Remy Eyssen (4½ stars)
#39 Isländisch Roulette by Óskar Hrafn Thorvaldsson (3½ stars)
#40 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (4 stars)
#41 Die Akademiemorde by Martin Olczak (4½ stars)

July
#42 Hochamt in Neapel by Stefan von der Lahr (4½ stars)
#43 Tödliches Capri by Fabio Paretta (4½ stars)
#44 Real Tigers by Mick Herron (4 stars)
#45 Leichenblume by Anne Mette Hancock (4 stars)
#46 Mandelblütenmord by Christina Gruber (4 stars)
#47 Der Teufel von Mallorca by Christina Gruber (4 stars)
#48 Der fünfte Tag by Jake Woodhouse (4 stars)
#49 Der Tod der Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware (4½ stars)

August
#50 Der langsame Tod der Luciana B by Guillermo Martínez (3 stars)
#51 Bitterer Calvados by Catherine Simon (4 stars)
#52 Nur wenn du mir vertraust by Deborah Crombie (4½ stars)
#53 Mörderische Côte d'Azur by Christine Cazon (4 stars)
#54 Scott Manson / Die falsche Neun by Philip Kerr (3 stars)
#55 Lost in Fuseta by Gil Ribeiro (4½ stars)
#56 Leiser Tod in Lissabon by Catrin George Ponciano (4½ stars)
#57 Guter Bulle, böser Bulle by J. A. Konrath (4&frac12)
#58 Ein Gentleman in Arles – Tödliche Täuschung by Anthony Coles (4½ stars)
#59 Und niemand soll dich finden by Mary Higgins Clark (4½ stars)
#60 Gefährlicher Lavendel by Remy Eyssen (4½ stars)
#61 Lost in Fuseta - Spur der Schatten by Gil Ribeiro (4½ stars)

September
#62 Sommer in der kleinen Bäckerei am Strandweg Jenny Colgan (4 stars)
#63 Die gefallene Schneekönigin by Gabriela Kasperski (4½ stars)
#64 Der Hirte by Ingar Johnsrud (4½ stars)
#65 Provenzalisches Feuer by Sophie Bonnet (3½ stars)
#66 Das Grab unter Zedern by Remy Eyssen (4 stars)

October
#67 Weiße Fracht: Lost in Fuseta by Gil Ribeiro (4½ stars)
#68 Der letzte Pilger by Gard Sveen (4½ stars)
#69 Cold Case - Das verschwundene Mädchen by Tina Frennstedt (4½ stars)
#70 Spook Street by Mick Herron (4½ stars)
#71 Der Bote by Ingar Johnsrud (4½ stars)
#72 Teufels Kälte by Gard Sveen (4 stars)
#73 The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth (4 stars)

November
#74 Bluthaus by Romy Fölck (4½ stars)
#75 Der Carrier by Matthias Berg (3 stars)
#76 Intrigen an der Côte d'Azur by Christine Cazon (3½ stars)
#76 Der einsame Bote by Gard Sveen (4 stars)
#77 Die guten Frauen von Christianssund by Anna Grue (4½ stars)

December
#78 Stürmische Côte d'Azur by Christine Cazon (4 stars)
#79 Oy Vey, Maria! A Mrs. Kaplan Mystery by Mark Reutlinger (3½ stars)
#80 The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark (4½ stars)
#81 Die stille Tochter by Gard Sveen (4½ stars)

I wish you a Happy New Year. May it be better than the old one.

book 1 Read in German

 Irisches Roulette

I discovered this author in mid-December and read the first volume of the Grace O'Malley series with pleasure. The cozy mysteries take place in Galway and the surrounding area, as Grace is the head of homicide. The hook of the stories is always something historical or political, which makes the whole thing exciting.
This story is about inconsistencies in the betting business. Soon Grace and her team have to realize that the leading minds in the betting business are walking over dead bodies. Who is behind this? Her partner Rory has to go undercover because his brother owns a betting shop and counts as a suspect. Grace's friend Peter supports her wherever he can. But he realizes that his mother runs a dubious betting shop. And what role do Dixi the hat maker and the Kosters siblings, who run an organic vegetable business, play? Of course, Grace's uncle Jim would like to interfere in the investigation because as a well-known politician he has the feeling that he is always and everywhere there.
It was a very exciting read and I will definitely continue with this series.

A cozy mystery is the perfect way to start the new year! Happy reading.

>4 lamplight: Isn't it? Thanks so much, Nancy. Happy new year to you, too.

>5 Ameise1: Wow. You are off to a good start!!

>6 jwrudn: Thanks so much. It was a quick read.

Happy New Year! As always, I looked forward to following along with your fun reading posts this year. Cheers!

>8 rocketjk: Thank you very much Jerrry, I hope to be able to report on all of what I am about to read this year and not only half of it like last year.

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 End Of Watch

This was the third part of the Bill Hodges Trilogy and this time too the story captivated me from beginning to end.
Hodges, who has developed pancreatic cancer, discovers that his nemesis Brady has somehow managed to get active again. This is all the more astonishing since he lies completely paralyzed and helpless in a clinic. How does this person manage to sneak into so many heads and manipulate these 'hosts' in his favor?
Hodges and Holly are investigating a suicide. Soon they have to discover that this is not the only one, but that this is part of a cluster of suicides. When Barbara almost got under a car, Hodges and his team begin to reconstruct the connections. Can they neutralize Brady forever this time?
It was very exciting and I suffered with Hodges and his team.

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 Irische Nacht

The third volume in the Grace-O'Malley-Reihe is about Celtic gods, spirits and traveling people. On the night of October 31st, 'Samhain' is celebrated on the Irish Aran Islands. The festival symbolizes the change of the Celtic nature gods to winter camp. All people dress up so that they are in no way recognized by the inhabitants of the otherworld. The right occasion for a murder to happen for this cozy mystery.
While Grace and her team begin the investigation, they have to do without their young medical examiner because her mother has passed away. In the course of the investigation, the young forensic doctor disappears and everyone worries about her. There are two other people murdered and far too many suspects. Are the travelers behind the murders and what does the dog trainer do on his secret excursions?
It was again very exciting to read and I learned a lot about Irish mysticism and culture.

Happy New Year!

>12 PaperbackPirate: Thanks so much PP.

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  Provenzalische Intrige

This is the third volume in the Pierre Durand series and reading it was again a pleasure.
This time Pierre Durand had to find out why a soap maker was killed. Provence is well known for soap production and for the murdered people it was very important that only natural essences and products are used for her soaps. Of course, not everyone agreed that they wanted to sell Provencal soap cheaper, but that meant that many of the soap's ingredients had to be manufactured artificially.
At the same time, Durand wanted to prove to himself that he would be suitable as a chief investigator, since this post is to be filled. Not only his girlfriend, but also the residents of the place disagreed with this. They urged themselves to renovate his old farmhouse so that he didn't want to leave.
The many delicacies that accompanied this series again and again make my mouth watery.
I will definitely read the other books of this cozy mystery.

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 Die Diamanten von Nizza

This reading has rather disappointed me. It was about stolen diamonds and substance abuse. Both topics were rather lame. There was a lack of tension and humor.
The only good thing about this book was the food, which kept making me hungry.

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 The Cinderella Murder

This was a very exciting introduction to a series that was new to me.
Laurie Moran and her team are preparing a reality show. It's about an unsolved old case where a young student was found dead in a park years ago. During the investigation, one witness after the other was murdered. Laurie discovered that everyone involved was in danger. She also found that it was all about money, power, envy and child pornography.
It was an exciting listening and kept me captivated until the end. I will read the rest of the books too.

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  Banker

Again, this was a good Dick Francis mystery.
This time it was about narcotics of a special kind. An insurance agent Tim Ekaterin had to discover that a good racing stallion, who now started his service as a breeding stallion, had mostly disabled offspring. What's behind it? A self-proclaimed horse whisperer seems to have a hand in this. He does not shrink from dangerous, even deadly, methods. This applies to horses and people alike. Tim meets a pharmacist who helps him to uncover the tricky case.
It was exciting from the first to the last page.

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Magpie Murders

This is an interesting mystery. During the first half you immersed yourself in the story, which then ends abruptly, of course at the most exciting point without knowing who the killer is now. Just to start a second mystery, similar in everything to the first, only that this appears as a reality while the first is an author's script. Until the two mysteries merge and the reader learns the truth.
Very gripping and exciting.

book 8

Innocent

I have no idea why I haven't read this book earlier, in any case it is a great introduction to a series that is new to me, which I will definitely continue reading.
Will Robie is a killer who is actually 'employed' by a federal agency and yet does not appear in their books. This book introduces all the protagonists who will also appear again in the following books.
Will has to kill a Saudi prince, which he supposedly manages without any problems. Back in the DC he finds out that someone is hunting him down. Who is behind it? All the signs look like he's being hunted by a federal agency. Who is the mole? During his 'escape' he meets Julie, a teenager who witnessed the murder of her parents and is now on the run and swore revenge. Will takes care of her. As he tries to solve both problems, he becomes more and more convinced that all the dead who pave the way have to deal with him.
It's very varied and exciting.

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 Slow Horses

This was the first book in the Slough House series. It took me a moment to familiarize myself with Herron's writing style, after which I couldn't stop reading.
At Slough House, they are all ex-MI5 agents who have fallen out of favour for various reasons. Often times they don't trust each other, which makes it difficult to work together. Everyone wants to put themselves in the right light so they can go back to MI5, which of course never will happen.
In addition to the fact that you become familiar with the protagonists, some of whom you will meet again in the following volumes, it is about right-wing extremists who can be found high up in politics.
A young Pakistani is kidnapped. It is threatened that he will be beheaded. Soon the head of the Slough House Jackson Lamb discovers that this has been arranged by the head of MI5. Since he, too, has been scraped, but has many dark trump cards in his hand, he and his team set out to save the young Pakistani, especially since the undercover MI5 agents and some of his current investigators were killed.
It was a gripping read.

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 Dead Lions

This is the second volume in the Slough House. It grabbed me from the start.
There are two new members at Slough House who also share an office. They don't trust each other, but the other members don't trust the new ones either. A former agent is found dead on a bus. Jackson Lamb does not believe in natural death and sends two of his agents out to investigate. It soon turns out that the connection must be related to the Cold War and should be reactivated after so many years of 'sleeper'.
At the same time, two other Slough House members are seconded by an avid MI5 agent to babysit a Russian oligarch. One is murdered and the other is out for revenge.
It was again exciting from the first to the last page. You get to know the 'hard' core of the Slough House better and better.

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 The Scarred Woman

I love the Department Q series. It grabs me from the first page.
This book is about Nazis and right-wing extremists, young welfare recipients and the pitfalls of Danish welfare, alcoholism, but for the team especially about Rose, whose mental state threatens to escalate to such an extent that she could die from it.
A young welfare recipient and her friends do not get along with the woman on welfare. Conversely, she finds that the social assistance system does not work because she has to keep listening to insults and lies and the recipients collect the money. So she decided to take justice into her own hands and kill the young 'useless' women.
On the other hand, one of these recipients comes from a wealthy family, only the grandmother guards the assets, the old Nazi secret, and gives her descendants little money every month. One day she is found dead in the park.
At the same time, this old lady was Rose's neighbor. Rose never explained to her team what depressed her or what she had to suffer from her father and what guilt she believes she has incurred. Her mind is driving her so crazy now that her life is in danger. Can the team save her?

book 13

 Extraordinary People

Great introduction to a new series for me.
Enzo Macleod, a Scot who lives in the south of France, used to be a forensic pathologist who now teaches biology at a small university. He has a knack for solving unsolved murders for years, claiming that the police are not doing their job properly, which doesn't exactly make him popular with the police.
A journalist wrote a book about seven unsolved murders. He hires Enzo to solve the first case. A former minister disappeared ten years ago. A skull in a box of five items appears in the Paris Catacombs. Enzo tries to figure out what these five items mean. He soon realizes that it is a clue as to where the nearest body parts are buried. Not only is it a dangerous mission for himself, no, his daughters are also involved.
Very exciting and variedly written.

book 14 

 Odds Against

When I started reading I thought, 'oh my, I probably won't like this that much'. I was very wrong, because soon the tension picked up speed and I couldn't put the book down.
If you've read a lot of Dick Francis books, you soon saw which way the story was headed, but the how and why was well hidden.
Sid, a former jockey and son-in-law of a rich man, 'worked (sat)' in a detective agency since his accident and actually did nothing. His father-in-law tricked him into investigating why successful horse racing venues were being run down, to the point of selling land so that houses could be built there.

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Sommer, Meer und der Tote im Pool

This is the first story of a Spanish investigator working around Malaga. He has a twin sister and three older sisters. His mother is a heart of a soul and his father is more of a tyrant who is dying. His boss is anxious to calm down the beautiful and rich, while Comisario Pablo Benitez gnaws at the 'bone' until he has found the culprit.
In this case, it is about an elderly German who was found dead in the pool. Was it just a heart attack, as the wife and his cardiologist claim, or is there more to it?
An amusing cozy mystery, something for summer vacation.

book 16

The Critic

The second volume in the Enzo Macleod series was also exciting. This time Enzo is investigating the Gaillac wine region, where a renowned American wine critic disappeared ten years ago and reappeared as a corpse during a night harvest. What's behind that? When even more missing 'dead' appear, Enzo too has to fear for his life. Fortunately, he has strong support from his daughter Sophia, her boyfriend Bertrand and the student Nicole. For a long time he could not expect anything from the authorities because he is not accepted as a recognized forensic expert in France.

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 The Outsider

This Stephen King crime thriller was also great. As with the Bill Hodges Trilogy, there is a lot of paranormal and Holy also made an important contribution to solving the case.
It all started with an arrest carried out by an avid police officer and an equally ambitious prosecutor. But, as always, appearances are deceptive, the watertight evidence is crumbling, doubts arise and while government officials are still holding on to their evidence, people are dying. Holy tries to open the eyes of the police officer, but that takes time.
It was very exciting from the start. I highly recommend it.

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 The Hit

The second volume of the Will Robie series was also gripping. I couldn't put the book aside.
Will gets the job of taking out a colleague because she is suspected of killing important people in the agency. Will can hardly imagine why she is doing this, but over time he finds that she has a mission to eliminate traitors from within the agency. Will supports her in this. They are in constant danger, they can't trust anyone, only Vance, Will's FBI contact is on their side.
There are many dead and Will is also afraid for Julie, since she is his Achilles heel.

>27 Ameise1: I just got that book! Good to hear you liked it so much!

>29 PaperbackPirate: I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did. It was a BB from the 75 group.

book 19

 The Babylon Idol

This was the first book in the Ben Hope series that I read.
It contains everything a suspenseful thriller should contain. An ex SAS major and his friends, archaeological excavations, the chaos of war in the Middle East and a villain from the highest ecclesiastical circles.
While repairing a fence in Normandy, Ben Hope's friend is seriously injured. Who was this attack on? Who is behind it? Hope soon realizes that the past has caught up with him and that the former Bishop of Milan is behind it. But until he finds his trail, more people and friends from the past are dying in mortal danger.
Hope can only catch the villain when he travels to Iran with an archeologist friend to find the statue of Babylon. They get from one ambush to the next.

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 Der Fluch vom Gardasee

An exciting thriller in the region of Lake Garda in northern Italy. If you know the Alps, you can very well imagine how people tick in the remote valleys and thanks to Lake Garda, the Mediterranean feeling, with all the fine food, is not neglected.
A dead man is found in his apartment in a small village in a side valley of Lake Garda. He was literally executed. He is holding a book that says there will be more murders. Soon the journalist Luca and the inspector Tomasio Giancarlo have to find out that everything will happen because another murder is already happening. Who is behind it? And what is the cause?

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 An Uncertain Place

I love the Chief Inspector Adamsberg series. This book was the best I have read from this series so far.
Adamsberg has to investigate a brutal murder case. The corpse is dismembered as if it had passed through a chopper several times. Who could the killer be? Even if the murder appears brutal, all of the side scenes are often a smile. Adamsberg more than lives up to his character as a dreamer and sensitive person. He also gets an unexpected addition to the family and his heart for animals also comes into play.
A great book that I highly recommend.

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 Death Distilled

Photojournalist Abi Logan is back in her adopted home in the Scottish Highlands. She actually just wants to relax, but a body is found on the pub's property that has been buried there for years. Your friend Patrick now works for a whiskey magazine. So that this gets more readers, he would like to hold a whiskey tasting for the Japanese in Abis and Grant's distillery, which Grant does not exactly please. Then Abi meets her teen idol, an old rock musician who is in dire straits because one of his old band members is already dead, another is in a coma and a technician dies during a performance.
She also finds an old script in her house that sheds light on the darkness, as it was in the town about two hundred years ago. And then she is expanding her household with 'sweaters on four legs'
A great cozy mystery.

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 Isländisch Roulette

It was an exciting story, full of everything that Icelandic crime novels have to offer. Unfortunately, the language was rather very simple, so it still had to be fine-tuned.
Murder, greed, financial crisis An Iceland thriller against the background of the first major world financial crisis of the noughties, which brought the small north country to the brink of ruin. Thorvaldsson vividly paints a picture of the super-rich society, which before the collapse knew no boundaries in its striving for power.

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 The Clockmaker's Daughter

A very exciting story. What fascinated me the most was that during various epochs the plot switched back and forth.
Birchwood Manor 1862: The talented Edward Radcliffe invites artist friends to his country house on the Thames. But the auspicious summer ends in tragedy - one woman disappears, another dies, and Radcliffe's life is ruined.

A hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist from London, discovers the sepia photograph of a stunningly beautiful woman and the drawing of a house with two gables on a river. Why is the house so familiar to Elodie? And who is the fascinating woman in the photo? Will she ever reveal her secret?

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 Die Akademiemorde

Scary things happen. Eight members of the Swedish Nobel Prize for Literature Committee are killed within a few days. Who has something against these members? Why are these members of all people murdered and the others not? A race against time begins. The police are groping in the dark, except for a commissioner who is very unpopular in the police force, especially in the executive suite, for her unorthodox thinking and acting. With the help of an old friend who is a book antiquarian and his connections, she tracks down the murderer. But she has to do everything without the help of the police, as she is advertised for a manhunt.
Incredibly exciting and varied, with comments on Nobel Prize winners and why the Academy chose them.

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 Cold Case - Das verschwundene Mädchen

I love nordic crime novels and thrillers. This is the first band from the Cold Case and grabbed me from the start.
On the one hand, the Cold Case investigator Tess Hjalmarsson solves the disappearance of a young woman years ago, on the other hand she is involved in the middle of a current series of murders. Deer Killer ambushes women early in the morning. He ambushes middle-aged women in their homes. He kills them - and disappears. Is it the same perpetrator who dealt with the young woman's case years earlier?
It's a race against time.

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 Spook Street

The fourth volume in the Slough House series didn't disappoint either. Actually, all employees are on the sidelines and yet it is they who make British intelligence look old.
This time, too, an employee is the main character and yet everyone is involved. River Cartwright is found dead in his grandfather's bathroom. Jackson Lamb quickly realizes that the dead man is not River, but does not make a big announcement. River has since gone to France to find out why someone wants to kill their grandfather. In doing so, he discovers his own roots, which he doesn't like at all. Various killers are set on him. Patrice in particular makes life difficult for him and his colleagues from Slough House.
As always, it was engaging from the first to the last page.

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 Der Bote

The second volume in the Fredrik Beier series was also very impressive and exciting. After Beier was injured at the end of the first volume, he is now returning to the police force. Still grumpy with himself and the environment, he sees a traitor behind every person, even those who are close to him and love him.
As with the first book, the author switches between different times. This time from the beginning of the 90s to today. After the Cold War, there was a lot going on on the border between Norway and Russia in the far north, as it was rumored that the Russians had a biological weapons laboratory. Some Norwegian soldiers from a special unit were investigating this case. Why do these men and women have to die brutally now?
His loved ones and best colleagues are also worried about Beier and end up in mortal danger.

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 Teufels Kälte

The second volume of Tommy Bergmann series is again very captivating. In this case, too, there are connections to earlier times, when Bergmann was still a young police officer. A young woman was found brutally mutilated at the time. Similar murders followed and someone was arrested for it. Well, 16 years later, another corpse is murdered in the same way. The murderer is in psychiatric solitary confinement. Who can this be?
Bergmann bites in this case. His team secretly helps him because you don't know who from the authorities you can still trust. Bergmann struggles with bournout symptoms, not only because he is getting closer and closer to the murderer but also because he learns more about his own past and feels infinitely lonely.
He is in great danger, but even his closest allies must expect death at any time.

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 The Kill List

This was yet another Forsyth that was captivating from start to finish.
In the USA and Great Britain people are being killed 'indiscriminately' by Islamist terrorists who then take their own lives. What do these murders have in common? What's behind it?
Soon a special anti-terrorist unit notices that all the perpetrators on the Internet were watching a preacher calling on men to kill infidels.
Who is this preacher? An intensive search with not always legal means begins. The journey leads from America, to England, to Pakistan and to Cape Horn.

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 Bluthaus

After her last fall, Frida Paulsen is recovering in the Elbmarsch when she receives a cry for help from her old friend Jo. Last night Jo found the body of a woman in the march and is now convinced that she is suspected of murder. Shortly afterwards it disappears without a trace. Worried, Frida goes in search of her friend. The trail leads to a lonely house on the Holnis peninsula, which the islanders only call the Bluthus (blood house). Many years ago a family was cruelly executed there - the perpetrator was never found.
The story switches between the present time and the time many years ago. Frida also learns a lot about her friend Jo.
While Frida puts himself more and more in danger, her work partner fights for his daughter's life and ignores Frida's calls for help until it is almost too late.
It was a great read again. Exciting from the first to the last page and it really grabbed me. I am glad that the author has already written two more volumes in this series.