In Matto's Realm

Friedrich Glauser

ReadHowYouWant

When two women are ''accidently'' killed by gas leaks, Sergeant Studer investigates the thinly disguised double murder in Bern and Basel. The trail leads to a geologist dead from a tropical fever in a Moroccan Foreign Legion post and a murky oil deal involving rapacious politicians and their henchmen. With the help of a hashish-induced dream and the common sense of his stay-at-home wife, Studer solves the multiple riddles on offer. But assigning guilt remains an elusive affair. Fever, a European crime classic, was first published in 1936. It has been translated into four languages. This is its first publication in English and the third in the Sergeant Studer series published by Bitter Lemon Press.

Fever

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

“It’s a fine example of the craft of detective writing in a period which some regard as the golden age of crime fiction.”—The Sunday Telegraph
The death of a traveling salesman appears to be an open and shut case. Studer is confronted with an obvious suspect and a confession to the murder. But nothing is what it seems. Envy, hatred, and the corrosive power of money lie just beneath the surface. Studer’s investigation soon splinters the glassy façade of Switzerland’s tidy villages and manicured forests.
Diagnosed a schizophrenic, addicted to morphine and opium, Friedrich Glauser spent the greater part of his life in psychiatric wards, insane asylums and prison. His acute observations conjure up a world of those at the margins of society.

Thumbprint (A Sergeant Studer Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Bitter Lemon Press

“Despairing plot about the reality of madness and life, leavened with strong doses of bittersweet irony. The idiosyncratic investigation and its laconic detective haven’t aged one iota.”—Guardian
A child-murderer escapes from a Swiss insane asylum. The stakes get higher when Detective Sergeant Studer discovers the director’s body, neck broken, in the boiler room of the madhouse. The intuitive Studer is drawn into the workings of an institution that darkly mirrors the world outside. Even he cannot escape the pull of the no man’s land between reason and madness where Matto, the spirit of insanity, reigns.
Addicted to morphine, Friedrich Glauser spent much of his life in psychiatric wards and prison. He began writing mystery novels while an asylum inmate in 1935.

In Matto's Realm: A Sergeant Studer Mystery

Mord? Selbstmord? Oder doch Mord? Der Vertreter Witschi ist tot, und Wachtmeister Studer betritt die Bühne der Kriminalliteratur. Im kleinen schweizer Dorf Gerzenstein wissen alle mehr, als sie zu sagen

Wachtmeister Studer. Roman. ( Sämtliche Kriminalromane, 1). (German Edition)

Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland

Die Fieberkurve

Unionsverlag

Schlumpf Erwin Mord (Wachtmeister Studer)

De zaak Schlumpf

De Geus

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Friedrich Glauser. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Friedrich Glauser