10. Krimifestival Erfurt 2025 - Jan Beck: Dorn. Zimmer 103

In the organizer's words:

A serial killer. A traumatized criminal psychologist. A dilapidated hotel in whose rooms monstrous things are happening. The first case for Simon Dorn and Lea Wagner

What it's about:
Criminal psychologist Simon Dorn quits the police force after numerous personal strokes of fate and retreats to the empty Hotel Dornwald in Bad Gastein. He continues his work there in secret. Room by room, he transforms the Dornwald into a showcase of unsolved murder cases. His only connection to the outside world is Karla Hofbauer from Cold Case Management at the Federal Criminal Police Office in Vienna. When Hofbauer is murdered in Hamburg, everything points to a serial killer. Young police detective Lea Wagner follows Hofbauer's trail to Bad Gastein and arrives as an uninvited guest. But soon Dorn and Wagner are investigating together and hunting down a murderer who knows no boundaries.

The author:
Jan Beck, born in 1975, initially worked as a lawyer before devoting himself to writing. His thrillers about Inga Björk and Christian Brand ("Das Spiel", "Die Nacht", "Die Spur", "Das Ende") have all landed on the SPIEGEL bestseller list. When Jan Beck is not writing, he spends his time in nature, especially in the forest.

Admission: 17 €

Tickets at the Peterknecht bookshop, all Ticket Shop Thüringen advance booking offices and at https://krimifestival-erfurt.de

Photo © Astrid Eckert