Germany
Russian mafia money, drugs and the end
of easy money

'Fauser's description of Munich is absolutely delicious with its ugly hippies, pretentious artists, the playing of violent porn films and allusions to Nazi paraphernalia' Shots, The Mystery Magazine

Judging by its crime literature it would appear that the country best known for organisation has outsourced all its organised criminal activity from Russia, Albania, Bosnia and Turkey. This is certainly evident in 'The Russian Passenger' by Gunther Ohnemus, a manhunt, road movie and love story between an attractive female ex-KGB agent and a Munich cabbie.

It is however less relevant to some of our other German novels. 'The Snowman' and 'Black Ice', both cult crime novels of the 1980’s, offer sardonic insight into post-war Germany, its economy no longer booming, leaving many stranded at the edge of society, whether drug addicts, alcoholics, unemployed office workers or even flailing entrepreneurs. Premeditated violence is never far in such circumstances.

	The Snowman Jörg Fauser [more]
	The Lie Petra Hammesfahr [more]
	The Sinner Petra Hammesfahr [more]
	The Russian Passenger Günter Ohnemus [more]
	Black Ice Hans Werner Kettenbach [more]
	David's Revenge Hans Werner Kettenbach [more]
	The Stronger Sex Hans Werner Kettenbach [more]

Links
Kettenbach bibliography
www.krimilexikon.de/kettenba.htm

Kettenbach in French
www.christianbourgois-editeur.fr/ auteurs/ fiche-auteur.asp?num=387

Ohnemus-Original German edition Russian Passenger
www.droemer-knaur.de/ sixcms/ detail.php?template=buchdetail&six_isbn=3-426-62416-8

Fauser-All of Fauser published by Alexander Verlag
www.joergfauser.de

Fauser website
www.xn--jrg-fauser-ecb.de/