Axel Brauns, “ matter-of-fact stylist but also a merciless ruler over fate ” (FAZ), with a special kind of thriller Timo Hartwig, in his mid thirties, is in the police force, and he dares to approach the attractive stranger in the café. He does not know yet that this is the woman he has to find and bring to a safe place – for his sake, too. For Michaela Mahr, the solicitor’s wife, has embarked on a merciless mission of revenge. For Michaela Mahr this morning is the worst possible time for a flirt. Killers have murdered her husband and her two children. She has survived the assault and is slowly recovering. Who can and who can’t she trust? The man in the café is touchingly unsure of himself and definitely not dangerous. She does not know that he has been instructed to find her and bring her to a safe place. Her dead husband obviously led a dangerous double life. Michaela Mahr has had her experiences with the underworld and knows its laws. Who is behind the assassination? She knows there can only be one answer: revenge. Hence she goes in search of those responsible.
About the author:
Axel Brauns was born in Hamburg in 1963. In 1984 he broke off his law studies to write a book about his autistic childhood: “Coloured Shadows and Bats”, which was published in 2002 and became a bestseller. His second book was published in 2004:”Cranes and Intruders”, a novel about a little girl in a house full of rubbish. At the beginning of 2005 he made his first film, which will have its premiere in the cinemas in 2006. |
