Max Anna's "Dance in the dark"

Max Annas, award-winning crime and thriller author, presents his latest book, which was published by Suhrkamp on January 13, 2025.





Adi, Hagen and Gisela listen to rock 'n' roll like many others in Cologne in 1959, and they follow Salz, the man whose BMW ran over their friend Karl. The fact that Salz's son is painting swastikas on the walls of the city irritates them greatly, but they are even more disturbed by the police's lack of interest.


At the same time, Reinhard Clausen is lying in wait for middle-aged men. He is surprised at the young people who are on the trail of this salt. Because the man is on his Lister. He had thrown the first stone into the window of his parents' clothing store that night in November.


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Max Annas, born in Cologne in 1963, was a journalist and editor who published non-fiction books on politics and culture and organized film festivals and series. He has lived in Berlin since 2016. His crime novels have been awarded the German Crime Fiction Prize several times; "Tanz im Dunkel" is once again on the best list of crime novels.