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As a young man, Leon Nader suffered from insomnia. As a nightwalker, he even turned to violence during his nocturnal excursions and had psychiatric treatment for his condition. Eventually, he was convinced he had been cured - but one day, years later, Leon's wife disappears from their flat under mysterious circumstances. Could it be that his illness has broken out again? In order to find out how he behaves in his sleep, Leon fits a movement activated camera to his forehead - and when he looks at the video the next morning he makes a discovery that bursts the borders of his imagination. His nocturnal personality goes through a door that is totally unknown to him and descends into the darkness....

My name is Simon. I'm 10 years old. I'm a serial killer.Robert Stern, a successful defence lawyer, doesn't know what lies in store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate on the outskirts of Berlin. To his astonishment, the defendant is a ten-year-old boy - Simon - a fragile child with a chronic illness who insists that he was a murderer in a former life. Stern's surprise quickly turns to horror as he searches the cellar Simon has directed him to and discovers the skeletal remains of a man, the skull split with an axe - just as Simon told him he would.But this is only the beginning, as Simon tells Stern where to find even more victims whose bodies have lain undisturbed for years. Suddenly, the present feels murderously dangerous as well...The Child is a darkly twisting, page-turning thriller that will make your heart pound with adrenaline.

From the international bestselling author of WALK ME HOME, now adapted into the Amazon movie THE CALENDAR KILLER. Hannah can always spot a killer. Until she looks in the mirror.Hannah Herbst is Germany's most experienced facial resonance expert. She can successfully 'read' a suspect through a tiny twitch of the lip or the flicker of a pupil. As a consultant to the police, she has already helped convict a number of violent criminals.Struggling with the effects of memory loss after an operation, Hannah is confronted with the most terrible case of her career: a woman has confessed on video to brutally murdering every member of her family, except for her young son.When the woman manages to escape from prison, the fear is she will go after the rest of her family... Only Hannah can tell if the video actually holds the truth. There is just one problem: the woman in the video is Hannah herself.'A true master of his craft' Chris Carter'One of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter

Now adapted into the worldwide hit movie THE CALENDAR KILLER - available now on Amazon Prime.One call to change your life. One night to lose it.For women walking home alone late at night, Berlin’s Walk Me Home helpline provides a reassuring voice at the end of the phone.When Klara calls the helpline one Saturday night, Jules answers. He has never experienced a call quite like this one.Klara is terrified. She’s being followed by a man from her past. A man who wrote a date in blood on her bedroom wall.Tomorrow’s date.As Jules is drawn into Klara’s nightmare, will either of them ever make it home again?Reviews for Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter'A true Master of his craft' Chris Carter

Watch THE CALENDAR KILLER on Amazon Prime now - a gripping adaptation of Sebastian Fitzek's bestselling novel WALK ME HOME.A missing child. A desperate father. A terrible secret.Guido T has already confessed to two horrific child murders. Berlin police are sure he also murdered six-year-old Max, who disappeared without a trace a year ago.But now the killer is staying silent. Without any certainty, Max’s parents are unable to say goodbye to their son.Everything changes when one investigator makes an unbelievable offer: he can place Max’s father, as a fake patient, inside the maximum security psychiatric hospital where Guido T is imprisoned.Max’s father agrees. He plans to force the child killer into a confession. Because nothing is worse than uncertainty.Or so he thinks.international bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek sends you on an ingeniously disturbing journey with THE INMATE. Perfect for fans of John Marrs and Chris Carter.'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter

The first in a powerfully unsettling trilogy by the master of the psychothriller, Sebastian Fitzek.First he kills the mother, then he kidnaps the child. The grieving father is given 45 hours to search. If the child isn't found, they die, captive.The press call him the Eye Collector. Because the horror doesn't end with the murders. Every body discovered has had the left eye removed.When evidence implicates police officer turned journalist Alexander Zorbach, who has championed the case against the Eye Collector, he becomes the main suspect.Meanwhile, a mysterious witness comes forward. Alina Gregoriev, a blind physiotherapist, claims to be able to see into the lives of her patients simply by touching their body. She says she treated the Eye Collector yesterday...Perfect for fans of Adrian McKinty, John Marrs and Chris Carter.Reviews for Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben'Sebastian Fitzek is simply amazing. I truly hope that one day I will be able to create suspense and plot twists in the way only Sebastian can. A true Master of his craft' Chris Carter'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter

The second in a powerfully unsettling trilogy by the master of the psychothriller, Sebastian Fitzek.Dr Suker is one of the best eye surgeons in the world. He is also a psychopath who abducts women and removes their eyelids.So far, all the victims of the twisted doctor’s crimes have committed suicide shortly thereafter. The police are unable to proceed against him due to the lack of evidence.When another woman is abducted, her mother turns to Alina Gregoriev for help. Gregoriev, the blind physiotherapist, has been considered a medium since her abilities helped capture an infamous serial killer. She reluctantly gets involved in the Suker case, where she is drawn into a world of madness and violence that also engulfs her old friend, police officer turned journalist Alexander Zorbach.Reviews for Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists.' Harlan Coben'Without question one of the crime world’s most evocative storytellers.' Karin Slaughter'A true master of his craft.' Chris Carter

Music is her life. 15 songs decide how long it lasts.A month ago, fifteen-year-old Feline Jagow disappeared on her way to school. Her distraught mother asks private investigator Alexander Zorbach, a former police detective, to discover her whereabouts.Despite a month having elapsed since her disappearance, Feline’s music playlist was changed just a few days ago. Could a seemingly innocuous list of songs contain a hidden clue to where the girl is being held - and how she can be rescued - or is the truth something more sinister?Soon, the mystery of the playlist plunges Zorbach into a horrifying nightmare that mixes past terrors with new ones, and where no one's survival is guaranteed...

Watch THE CALENDAR KILLER on Amazon Prime now - a gripping adaptation of Sebastian Fitzek's bestselling novel WALK ME HOME.The gripping new twisty psychological thriller from international bestselling author, Sebastian Fitzek.Milan Berg is standing at a set of traffic lights when a car stops next to him. In the back seat he sees a frightened young girl. Desperate, she presses a piece of paper against the window. Milan can't read it - because he suffers from alexia, the inability to read or comprehend the written word. It's a secret that he's managed to hide for most of his life, even from friends and loved ones. But he understands the meaning of the note: the girl is in mortal danger.Milan's search for the kidnapped girl brings a cruel realisation: sometimes the truth is too terrible to live with - and ignorance is the greatest gift on earth.With a twisty non-linear storyline that charts one man's descent into a real-life nightmare, The Gift is perfect for fans of Chris Carter and Lars Kepler.Reviewers on Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists.' Harlan Coben'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers.' Karin Slaughter

The startlingly powerful psychological thriller by international bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek. Now adapted into a compelling TV series from Amazon Germany.Four years ago Josy, the 12-year-old daughter of well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, disappeared without trace: no witnesses, no demands, no body.In the aftermath of Josy's disappearance, Viktor's marriage broke down and he withdrew to a remote North Sea island to find peace and to heal. Now, that peace has been shattered by the arrival of Anna Glass, a novelist: beautiful, enigmatic, schizophrenic. Anna's schizophrenia is rare and unusual: the characters she creates for her books become real to her. And she has started writing about a young girl who disappeared without trace...Could Anna's delusions describe Josy's last days? The prospect of uncovering the truth lures Viktor into becoming Anna's therapist. As the past is dragged back into the light, their sessions and the consequences become ever more terrifying.Reviews for Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists.' Harlan Coben'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world’s most evocative storytellers.' Karin Slaughter'[A] superior German thriller.' Daily Telegraph

'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' HARLAN COBENEmma's the one that got away.The only survivor of a killer known in the tabloids as 'the hairdresser' – because of the trophies he takes from his victims.Or she thinks she was.The police aren't convinced. Nor is her husband. She never even saw her tormentor properly, but now she recognises him in every man.Questioning her sanity, she gives up her job as a doctor in the local hospital and retreats from the world. It is better to stay at home. Quiet. Anonymous. Safe. No one can hurt her here.And all she did was take a parcel for a neighbour. She has no idea what she's let into her home. 'Sebastian Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers. He always serves up an intense, impossible to put down thriller and The Package is no exception. A gripping read with a surprising twist, this one is not to be missed' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Sebastian Fitzek is simply amazing. I truly hope that one day I will be able to create suspense and plot twists in the way only Sebastian can. A true Master of his craft' CHRIS CARTERSebastian Fitzek is Germany's most successful author. His books have sold 13 million copies, been translated into more than thirty-six languages and are the basis for international cinema and theatre adaptations. Sebastian Fitzek was the first German author to be awarded the European Prize for Criminal Literature. He lives with his family in Berlin.Coming soon: PASSENGER 23

Every year, on average 23 people disappear without a trace from cruise ships.No one has ever come back.Until now.Five years ago police psychologist Martin Schwartz lost his wife and son. They were holidaying on a cruise ship when they simply vanished, the case written off as a straightforward murder-suicide.They are not the only parent-and-child pair to have disappeared from the ship in recent years – and yet, the authorities seem unconcerned.But when a missing girl reappears – carrying Martin's son's beloved teddy bear – the police won't be able to avoid the truth that something sinister is lurking on board...'Without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' HARLAN COBEN

Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel.You know your fear is irrational, you've checked the statistics. Flying is safer than driving – nineteen times safer. Irrational, perhaps. But you're not wrong.Mats Krüger is terrified of flying. But his daughter, Nele, is about to give birth to his first grandchild, so, for once, he's taking the risk and making the thirteen-hour flight from Buenos Aires to Berlin.Of course, he's taken precautions. He's bought the five statistically safest seats on the plane, as well as seat 7A – the spot where you are most likely to die in a plane accident – so no one can sit there. Just in case.But Mats has to give up seat 7A to another passenger. Moments later, he receives a phone call. Nele has been kidnapped. The caller has a single demand.Convince the pilot to crash the plane. Or Nele dies.

The Soul Breaker doesn't kill his victims. What he does is much worse.He leaves them paralysed and completely catatonic. His only trace: a note left in their hands.There are three known victims when suddenly the abductions stop. The Soul Breaker has tired of his game, it seems.Meanwhile, a man has been found in the snow outside an exclusive psychiatric clinic. He has no recollection of who he is, or why he is there.Soon the weather goes from bad to worse, and the clinic becomes completely cut off from the world outside.When the head psychiatrist is found trembling, naked and distraught, with a slip of paper in her hands, it seems the Soul Breaker has returned. And with the clinic cut off from the world, no one is able to get in – or out.

A dangerous psychopath has taken over a leading radio station and is holding everyone inside hostage in the terrifying and twisted new thriller from Sebastian Fitzek. Good morning. It's 7.35 A.M. And you're listening to your worst nightmare. This morning a dangerous psychopath is playing an old game with new rules. He's taken six people hostage at the city's leading radio station.Every hour, a telephone will ring somewhere. Maybe it will be in your house. Or your office. And if you can't play the game, a hostage will die.Renowned police psychologist Ira Samin is rushed to the scene, where she is forced to negotiate live on air.With the nation listening, the kidnapper makes his sole demand: find his fiancée and bring her to the station.But she is dead. Burnt to a crisp in a devastating car accident eight months ago.Facing an impossible demand and a police commander who seems hell-bent on keeping secrets, Ira must race against the clock to resolve one of the hardest negotiations of her career.All the while... somewhere... a telephone is ringing.'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists' Harlan Coben 'Sebastian Fitzek is simply amazing... A true master of his craft' Chris Carter 'Sebastian Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter 'Another absorbing psychological thriller from Sebastian Fitzek' Promoting Crime Fiction