Ever since her international bestseller “Dear Child” – now an award-winning Netflix series – ROMY HAUSMANN has been one of Germany’s most successful thriller authors. In DARLING MINE, she presents another gripping psychothriller: Theo Novak has been searching for his daughter Julie for 20 years, ever since she disappeared on September 7, 2003. He held onto hope while his family was falling apart – and then a podcaster named Liv suddenly finds a new clue. But Theo’s advancing dementia threatens to wipe out every single memory. What really happened back then? With a keen eye, Romy Hausmann creates a panorama of fear, guilt, and a desperate struggle to discover the truth. Musical accompaniment by MARTIN BECHLER (Fortuna Ehrenfeld).

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Himmelerdenblau

Himmelerdenblau

Romy Hausmann
Penguin

9783328604280

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