Drosselbrut

Shockingly realistic - the second case for Commissioner Kira Hallstein, by true crime star Andreas Gössling. The girls run, stumble, and help each other up. They slide down a slope, crawl back up on the other side, losing precious time. The hunters encircle them. Their bodies painted like skeletons, their faces hidden behind grim, staring leather masks. They carry spears and blowpipes, quivers filled with arrows on their backs. The hunted have nothing, only their fear. Their bare skin. All of Berlin groans under the midsummer heat as twelve young women disappear in a short span of time – lured by a social media campaign called "Free Yourself!". With striking videos of small birds strangling themselves in nests made of plastic waste, teenagers are encouraged to tear apart their social "net" and embark on a self-discovery trip in lonely forests – never to return. What initially appears to be pure routine for the missing persons department sets off alarm bells for Chief Inspector Kira Hallstein. And then the first body appears. Andreas Gössling has adapted the "case of the century" Dutroux, which actually involved Berlin teenagers, into a modern, breathless, brutal true crime thriller. A more thrilling experience can only be found among the bestselling stars of Scandinavia.