Michael Herzig

This is the third volume of the Johanna di Napoli series. Somehow I left out the second book, but will still catch up.
Her nemesis Hügeli is in prison but this only brings Johanna anger, as she is accused of blocking him with locks and barriers with unfair methods. Therefore she is postponed and has to examine threatening letters against Germans. She would not have expected it to be the next adventurous and dangerous case. A German national visitor is shot. Johanna has informed her superiors that there is danger, but was not taken seriously. Now, with the help of her old colleague Köbi, she is trying to push the investigation, since she no longer trust anybody within the police.
A fast-paced crime novel from Zurich with many unexpected twists.… (más)

This is the first book of a detective series set in my hometown. The police station is in the milieu quarters and the first book is also about crime in prostitution, the drug trade, to thwarted love and politicians, who feel to be able to get away with anything. I am very sympathetic of the policewoman Johanna di Napoli, who is on the one hand the woman in a masculine domain and on the other hand her private life is just like that of any other woman. In addition to her other protagonists are introduced in detail, which I hope will also appear in the other episodes of this series, these are firstly two of her colleagues and the other a journalist who has it in his editorial also not simply.
It was an exciting fast reading. I liked, among other things, that I know all the locations and could imagine the story so very real.… (más)