I haven’t read such a moving poignant love story, for a long time. Because that’s what Ewald Arenz’s novel Love, After All is – a modern, complicated and unforgettable love
Often with fiction in translation the first rendering into English isn’t the first of the series. For Buchholz it was Blue Night (2018), the fifth of her novels to feature Hambur
It’s easy to see why this joyful novel was such a smash in Arenz’s native Germany. If your mood is low, or you just want to feel more positive about humanity in these grubby, d
An inexplicable pattern of vandalism is happening across the German city of Hamburg. Every night, vehicles are being torched. Is there more to this than simply wanton destruction?
Auf dem Seil – literally ‘on the tightrope’ – is the book’s title. Is life in fact a perpetual balancing act? Darius Kopp has come close to breaking point. Three years ha
‘Don’t ghosts normally live in castles?’ said Paul. ‘I don’t,’ said the ghost. ‘I live in keyholes. Really truly.’ Then it looked questioningly at Paul. ‘What sor
‘Chastity Riley’ is not the first name you’d expect for the protagonist of a German crime novel. In fact, you’d rarely expect to read any German Krimis with female leads an
