Matto regiert

The life of Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938) was marked by restlessness. He lived in France, Belgium, and Italy, went through orphanages, prisons, and psychiatric clinics, struggled with morphine addiction for a long time, and served in the Foreign Legion. Misunderstood during his lifetime, Glauser is now considered one of the most important representatives of Swiss literature. "No crime fiction enthusiast can overlook Glauser." - Peter Zeindler "Like a scalpel, Glauser's gaze cuts through the layers of society."

The Randlingen healing and care institution in the canton of Bern in the 1920s: The director has disappeared, and the patient Pieterlen, a child murderer, has escaped. Officer Studer looks behind the scenes of psychiatric theories and therapies. He not only tries to track down a criminal but also embarks on a journey into the borderlands of reason and irrationality, which are by no means clearly separable - Matto, the spirit of madness, reigns everywhere and spins his silver threads...