Reading – excerpt from Nightingale & Co. – The Mysterious Client (vol. I)
On Saturday, 26th April, prolific German historical crime fiction author Beatrix Mannel (pseudonym: Charlotte Printz) will be presented in the library of Goethe-Institut Hongkong and give us a one hour Reading session. She will read an excerpt from her latest novel “Nightingale & Co. – The Mysterious Client (vol. I)”.
About the book:
Berlin, 1961. Since the death of her beloved father, 21-year-old Carla has been running the detective agency Nightingale & Co. all by herself. The job is certainly far from easy for a female detective. And when the chaotic, fun-loving Wally shows up at Carla’s door, claiming to be her half-sister, her world is turned upside down. Wally needs Carla – the Wall has just been built, leaving her unable to return to her flat in East Berlin. Carla most definitely does not need Wally; in fact, she is desperate to get rid of her. But soon, when a client comes to the agency, suspecting her violent husband of murder, the sisters must find a way to work together.
• Two strong women have to forge a path in the male-dominated detective world of 1960s Berlin
• A story with the exciting backdrop of East and West Berlin
Beatrix Mannel studied theater studies, modern German literature, comparative literature and Italo-Romance studies in Erlangen, Munich and Perugia. She graduated with a Master of Arts from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1989. After ten years as an editor at various television stations, she now works as a writer and freelance author for radio, television and press. Many of her more than 40 books have been translated into other languages. She is also one of the founders of the Münchner Schreibakademie (The Munich Writing Academy). Among others her novels include IM NETZ DER LÜGEN, DIE RÄTSELHAFTE KLIENTIN, FRÄULEIN KISS TRÄUMT VON DER FREIHEIT, MORDSGIPFEL: KRIMIS AUS DEN BAYERISCHEN BERGEN.
