It won't be long before it's Christmas again. This is not only noticeable in the legions of gingerbread and Santa Clauses, which are already lurking high-calorically on the supermarket shelves, but also in a new crime-anthology that has now been published by Knaur.

In WINTER, WEIHRAUCH, WASSERLEICHE there are 24 brandnew murder stories (in keeping with Advent, of course) - some humorous, some serious, and always thrilling and Christmassy. Among the  perpetrators you will find Andreas Eschbach, Iny Lorenz, Andreas Gruber and many others.

Also included is my short story ZEIT MIT MIKE, which invites you to take another visit to Fahlenberg. There, the eponymous radio host Mike gets to do with a crazy caller on his talk show. The man announces that he will kill a certain person in exactly 11 minutes. Of course, I won't reveal who the victim is and whether Mike can stop the killer. You are welcome to read that yourself.