Andreas Föhr

When you have time, you do beautiful things. I am a fan of literature that deals with World War II, and so I started learning German a while ago. And how good it was that I did so to read this book.

It's hard for me to read books about the Holocaust, and even more, it's hard for me to read books about the Holocaust from the perspective of the people who didn't experience it - those who did nothing to prevent the disaster. I read every book on the subject I could get my hands. The books show more shocked me, and the sadness they left in me didn't subside for a long time. But when I read books like this one, another emotion fills me with rage. Anger at the "others" - those who were there, but didn't lift a finger to prevent the situation, those who by their silence gave a hand to injustice, and those who helped to hide the savages and their actions after.

This book deals with the murder of a Jewish woman in the Holocaust, whose body was discovered many years later, the inexperienced investigators, in the town trying to cover up the crimes of silence and concealment and the story of the case itself. Time in the book moves from the end point of World War II to our right, and slowly peeling the layers, until the surprising end of the story.

During the reading, I often thought about the behavior of the "simple" people - the farmers through which the women's delegation passed and witnessed the treatment of their captors, the townsfolk who covered murder, and although they knew what was going on around them, chose to restrain themselves and carry on with their lives as usual. I also thought of all those murderers who had not been held accountable for their crimes and continued to live without fear. And that infuriated me, which made me love the book, for every book that gives me such strong feelings is a book worth reading. show less

Police chief Kreuthner may be a Bavarian officer, but he's also a real hallodrique. And so he has a race with his mate Kilian Raubert on the Achenpass - illegally, of course. It almost comes to a collision, as his superior, Inspector Wallner, who is actually on his way on holiday, runs into him. In order to disguise one of his numerous misdemeanours, Kreuthner stages a traffic stop on the stubbornly refusing Raubert - and the police find the body of young Hannah Lohwerk in the haulier's van. show more Wallner stays in Miesbach for the time being to give his testimony, and of course can't resist getting involved in the investigation despite being on holiday. The enquiries lead the police to the illustrious Millruth family. The Millruth family of actors is a group of egotists and snobs that is as mysterious as it is well portrayed. The troupe cultivates a sophisticated lifestyle, presents itself as more than snobbish - and yet is full of psychological problems. The matriarch and her sometimes submissive followers put so-called family honour above all else. It seems to become clear relatively quickly who could be the murderer behind the Christmas crime. At least the group of people can be easily narrowed down, but this does not detract from the enormous suspense, as the second murder and the motive for the two murders are more than enough of a mystery.
As an audiobook, this was great, as the Bavarian dialect made me feel like I was right in the middle of it. I will definitely be listening to more books in this series. show less

Wallner bekommt beim Skifahren einen Zettel mit Koordinaten zugesteckt. Am angegebenen Ort befindet sich eine Leiche. Und Kreuthner, in eine Jugendliebe verstrickt (es ist die Ehefrau des toten Landtagsabgeordneten), bringt sich durch seine Interventionen in arge Schwierigkeiten...

Bewährter Hörgenuss. Hoffentlich gibt's noch viele Wallner/Kreuthner-Krimis, und dem Manfred wünsche ich ein langes Leben.

Wenn ich ein neues Hörbuch von Andreas Föhr und Michael Schwarzmeier entdecke, könnte ich vor Freude im Dreieck hüpfen. Und so war es auch diesmal! Meine Tochter und ich haben es sofort im Auto angehört und das passte auch noch super, weil wir das Wochenende am Schliersee verbracht haben, also direkt an den Orten des Geschehens. In der Gmunder Papierfabrik, im dortigen Restaurant Mangfallblau, haben wir zu Mittag gegessen. Aber das Buch hätte uns auch ohne diese Lokalkomponente gut show more gefallen.
Es geht um einen Mordfall an einer Fitness-Studio-Betreiberin, die vor Jahren schon ihren Mann ebenfalls durch Mord verloren hat. Langsam rollen sich beide Fälle auf und natürlich war auch im alten Fall nicht alles so, wie es schien. Parallel hört man einen Handlungsstrang aus der Vergangenheit, über einen Autohändler, der seine Schulden nicht mehr bezahlen kann und wo man bei jedem Track denkt "Tu es nicht!". Als Hörerin weiß man schneller als Wallner, wie die Fäden zusammenlaufen. Was ich an Andreas Föhr so mag, ist, dass seine Bücher zwar kurzweilig und oft witzig sind, aber dennoch nicht ins Alberne ausarten. Man kann sich tasächlich alles gut vorstellen und auch Charaktere wie Leo Kreuthner behalten ihre Würde und werden nicht wie Deppen hingestellt. Ich mochte das Buch wieder sehr und der einzige Nachteil ist, dass es wohl wieder ein paar Jahre dauern wird, bis ein neues kommt. show less