Ground Frost. Sometimes Death Is Not the Best Solution

Wallner & Kreuthner 12

  • Detective Chief Inspector Kreuthner stumbles upon a body during his punishment duty at a children’s event, the corpse marked with a killer’s signature drawing. Has a serial killer struck again?
  • The cult detectives from Lake Tegernsee return for their 12th case: 11 SPIEGEL bestsellers, over 140 weeks on the list
  • Over 2 million copies sold of Andreas Föhr's crime novels: regional charm meets intelligent suspense with wry humour

»The Harpoonist« Stalks Bavaria – Case 12 for the Cult Detectives of Lake Tegernsee

After causing an embarrassing incident with the new police president, Leonhardt Kreuthner is sentenced to lead the Miesbach police’s annual children’s afternoon at a former farm. There, he explains typical police situations, for instance, what happens when the police are called to a brawl. Two appropriately decorated mannequins represent the brawlers involved. However, one of the children discovers another victim of the supposed fight nearby. As it turns out, this is not a mannequin – but the victim of a murder. On the dead man’s stomach, the killer has left a drawing that a serial killer nicknamed »The Harpoonist« used to mark his victims some years ago. An unsolved murder series that ended abruptly. Is he back?

»Andreas Föhr is simply exceptional. You can buy his crime novels blind. Suspense, entertaining, sometimes quirky characters, a profound theme, and an interesting plot are guaranteed. With Herzschuss (Shot to the Heart), Föhr proves once again why he has been one of the best German-language crime writers for over ten years.« Krimi-couch.de on Herzschuss (Shot to the Heart)

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  • Publisher: Knaur HC
  • Release: 01.09.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-56484-4
  • 368 Pages
  • Series: Ein Wallner & Kreuthner Krimi
  • Author: Andreas Föhr
Ground Frost. Sometimes Death Is Not the Best Solution
Andreas Föhr Ground Frost. Sometimes Death Is Not the Best Solution
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Andreas Föhr

Andreas Föhr, born in 1958, studied law and gained a doctorate in Munich. For many years, he worked as a lawyer, including a stint in Nairobi, before making a name for himself writing screenplays. His prize-winning crime novels about the investigating duo Wallner and Kreuthner regularly feature in the best seller charts. In Rachel Eisenberg, he has now created a character who not only shares his legal knowledge but also the belief that everyone, guilty or not, deserves a defence counsel. Andreas Föhr lives close to Wasserburg.