Mutton Magic

"It was strangely quiet in the fairground. Maybe because the scene looked like an alien invasion. Or because people felt reminded of the days after the GAU." The Saarland in the not too distant future. Many years after a meltdown at the French nuclear power plant Cattenom, large parts of the country are still uninhabitable. But one village remains stubborn and where it has always been: Primstal. Its inhabitants declare the village on the edge of the exclusion zone to be God's cosiest waiting room, where the Mutton Magic and the Rollator Race at the village fair mark the highlights of the year. But on the first night of the fair, twelve outlandish crimes are committed. The Saarbrücken inspector Paula Lück has to investigate on the spot, and the only person who can really help her is old Jus. Because he knows the score, you can ask whoever you want in Primstal. Frank Meyer's novel blends science fiction, crime thriller and village grotesque into a hilarious story, and this much can be revealed: For the inhabitants of the village, where nothing normally happens, the GAU was still one of the minor catastrophes of their lives.