Cody McFadyen

Cody McFadyen was an international bestselling author of six thrillers. Five of those thrillers are centered around FBI special agent Smoky Barrett, who hunts serial killers. In 2011 his stand alone thriller Der Menschenmacher was published in Germany with no English translation. Before releasing book five in the Smoky Barrett series in 2016, McFadyen took four years off to care for his ailing parents. According to his German publisher he was the father of a daughter and lived in Southern California. Cody McFadyen passed away in May 2023.

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Elisabeth Herrmann

Elisabeth Herrmann ist eine der aufregendsten Stimmen unserer Zeit. Lebendig, abgründig, atmosphärisch – ihr Stil begeistert Krimileser seit der Veröffentlichung von Das Kindermädchen. (In der Verfilmung für das ZDF wird Jan Josef Liefers in der Hauptrolle zu sehen sein.) Mit Zeugin der Toten legt Elisabeth Herrmann nun einen Spannungsroman vor, der eine ganz ungewöhnliche Heldin vorstellt. Die Autorin lebt mit ihrer Tochter in Berlin.
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Simon Beckett

After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain. Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications. In 2002, as part of an article on the National Forensic Academy, he visited the Body Farm in Tennessee. This last commission was the inspiration behind the internationally bestselling The Chemistry of Death, which was shortlisted for the CWA's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and has been translated into 21 languages. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield. The author of six novels, his second David Hunt
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Andreas Gruber

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