Alida Bohnen

A missing astronaut sets her family on a frantic hunt for answers. But the more they uncover, the greater the threat becomes to them — and the world.

A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life.

All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him with the results of his research, everything changes for the charmingly melancholy Micha. Many years ago, as an employee of the Reichsbahn, he is said to have organized the largest mass escape in the GDR. Stasi files prove the case. He was apparently even imprisoned and then deported to an open-cast lignite mine. Seduced by a lavish salary, Micha confirms the story, although only fragments of it are true.

Landauer and Röwer track Maria Weinert, the ringleader of a global prostitution ring, to Malta following her escape from justice.

A dead biology graduate, a billionaire investor, a mysterious house and a rare beetle keep detectives Burkhard "Butsch" Schulz and Viola Delbrück busy this time as they finally investigate side by side again.