Winner of the German Crime Fiction Award Louise Boni drinks too much. The maverick inspector in Germany's Black Forest police squad is haunted by the mistakes she's made and the people she's lost. While she's dreading the approach of another lonely winter weekend, a call from her supervisor draws her into the most bizarre case of her career. A badly beaten Japanese monk is roaming the snowy Freiburg region with little more than sandals and a begging bowl, and the frightened holy man appears to be fleeing an unseen danger. Now Boni must battle both skeptical police authorities and her personal demons as her investigation reveals a hidden crime ring as well as a spiritual opportunity to transform her life. The first book in the Black Forest Investigation series, Zen and the Art of Murder is "a surprising and genuinely shocking case." — The Sunday Times (U.K.) "An exciting new voice in crime fiction emerges with Zen and the Art of Murder, the first novel in Oliver Bottini's Black Forest Investigation series. Both baffling and affecting in turn, and always entertaining. It's an excellent beginning to a thrilling new series." — Foreword Review

Zen and the Art of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bottini, Oliver

Mystery

Dover Publications

<div>Winner of the German Crime Fiction Award In this second Black Forest Investigation, Chief Inspector Louise Boni returns from rehab at a Buddhist monastery after the events of the award-winning&nbsp;Zen and the Art of Murder.With a shaky grasp on her newfound sobriety, Boni resumes work with the criminal investigation department. Her first assignment, the probe of a fireman's death while battling the explosion of a secret underground weapons cache, reveals connections to both neo-Nazis and illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia. But the sudden incursion of secret service agents into the scene indicates more far-reaching possibilities. Boni must come to grips with the dark forces behind the hidden munitions, the divided loyalties of a new partner, and the ghosts of her own past while trying to resolve the most challenging case of her career. "Its plot bristles with invention." -- Barry Forshaw, Guardian "Oliver Bottini is a terrific storyteller and he evokes his setting -- the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest -- with skill." -- Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express "A Summer of Murder has a plot as surprising as the earlier novel . . . taut writing and pacy events." -- Joan Smith, Sunday Times "An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations." --&nbsp;Crime Review "Oliver Bottini, one of the few German authors who play in crime-writing's premier league, really knows how to tell a good story." -- Frankfurter Rundschau &nbsp; "Tension without brutality, local colour without small-minded sentimentality, good, intelligent reading with depth." -- Handelsblatt &nbsp; "It's been a long time since any crime author started out so strongly, so visually." -- Die Zeit</div>

A Summer of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation

Zen and the Art of Murder

MacLehose Press

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018 ** The first in a gripping new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations Louise Boni, maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad, is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the past. Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers. The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

Night Hunters: A Black Forest Investigation IV (The Black Forest Investigations)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

A gripping and atmospheric Black Forest Investigation featuring Detective Inspector Louise Bonì. "Oliver Bottini is one of the most sophisticated crime writers of modern times" Sunday Times In a Berlin hotel a man is beaten up, but it's more than a random assault and the attacker escapes undetected. When the trail leads to Freiburg, Chief Inspector Louise Bonì is sent to investigate. It's a complex case, a professional job. The victim is a secret service informer, the only witness knows more than she's saying, and the intelligence service is hovering in the background, refusing to cooperate. Industrial espionage appears to be at play, focused on the booming solar-energy sector. "Taut writing and pacy events" Sunday Times Bonì's investigation is repeatedly obstructed, and again she has to rip up the police handbook in her attempt to find out how the different threads of the web tie together. But by the time she discovers the truth, it's already too late for one of those involved . . . "Bottini is a terrific storyteller" Sunday Express The fifth in the Black Forest Investigations featuring Louise Bonì - by the five-time winner of the German Crime Fiction Award Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

The Invisible Web: A Black Forest Investigation V (The Black Forest Investigations)

Quercus Publishing

The White Circle (The Black Forest Investigations)

Das große O. W. Barth- Buch des Zen.

O. W. Barth Bei Scherz

Mord im Zeichen des Zen.

Thrillers & Suspense

Scherz Verlag GmbH

Winner of the German Crime Fiction Award\nIn this second Black Forest Investigation, Chief Inspector Louise Boni returns from rehab at a Buddhist monastery after the events of the award-winning Zen and the Art of Murder.With a shaky grasp on her newfound sobriety, Boni resumes work with the criminal investigation department. Her first assignment, the probe of a fireman's death while battling the explosion of a secret underground weapons cache, reveals connections to both neo-Nazis and illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia. But the sudden incursion of secret service agents into the scene indicates more far-reaching possibilities. Boni must come to grips with the dark forces behind the hidden munitions, the divided loyalties of a new partner, and the ghosts of her own past while trying to resolve the most challenging case of her career.\n"Its plot bristles with invention." — Barry Forshaw, Guardian\n"Oliver Bottini is a terrific storyteller and he evokes his setting — the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest — with skill." — Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express\n"A Summer of Murder has a plot as surprising as the earlier novel . . . taut writing and pacy events." — Joan Smith, Sunday Times\n"An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations." — Crime Review\n"Oliver Bottini, one of the few German authors who play in crime-writing's premier league, really knows how to tell a good story." — Frankfurter Rundschau\n"Tension without brutality, local colour without small-minded sentimentality, good, intelligent reading with depth." — Handelsblatt\n"It's been a long time since any crime author started out so strongly, so visually." — Die Zeit

Im Sommer der Mörder: Ein Fall für Louise Bonì

DuMont Buchverlag GmbH

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