10. Krimifestival Erfurt - Jean-Luc Bannalec: Bretonische Versuchungen

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Presented by Sparkasse Mittelthüringen

Mysterious murders and famous Breton chocolatiers: Inspector Dupin's fourteenth case

What it's about:
Inspector Dupin has never been so happy to have a new case as on this glorious early summer's day. He already has one foot on the boat in the harbor basin of Concarneau - which is swaying menacingly - to overcome his thalassophobia under the guidance of a coach, when he receives a call: a woman has drowned. Not in the sea, however, but in a vat of chocolate.
What seems strange turns out to be the cold-blooded murder of the owner of a long-established chocolate confectionery in Ville Close. Who was after the visionary entrepreneur, who was always on the lookout for new, sophisticated creations? And are more people in danger?
To get to the bottom of the dark mysteries of the chocolate world, Inspector Dupin and Nolwenn, his irreplaceable employee, embark on a fast-paced road trip across Brittany to the Basque Country.

The protagonists:
Jean-Luc Bannalec is the pen name of Jörg Bong. He lives in Frankfurt am Main and southern Finistère. The first eight volumes of the crime series featuring Inspector Dupin were filmed for television and translated into numerous languages. In 2016, the author was awarded the title "Mécène de Bretagne" by the region of Brittany. He has been an honorary member of the Académie littéraire de Bretagne since 2018.

Wolfram Koch, born in Paris in 1962, studied in Frankfurt. After numerous roles at the Berliner Volksbühne, Schiller Theater, Deutsches Theater and Schauspiel Frankfurt, he had a permanent engagement in Bochum from 1995 to 2000. Since then he has worked as a freelance actor in Zurich, Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin and Luxembourg. He is active as an audio book narrator as well as in film and television, including as Chief Inspector Brix in Frankfurt's "Tatort". Together with Dimiter Gotscheff, Samuel Finzi and Almut Zilcher, he was awarded the Berlin Theater Prize in 2011 and the Gertrud Eysoldt Ring in 2015.

Anouk Schollähn is a radio and TV journalist and works as a freelance author for NDR and ARD. Books have always played a major role for her, even in her private life. She hosted her first reading a few years ago "just for fun". The fun has remained, but in the meantime her hobby has become another professional mainstay.

Tickets: 20 €

Tickets at the Peterknecht bookshop, all Ticket Shop Thüringen ticket outlets and at https://krimifestival-erfurt.de

Photo Jörg Bong © Stefan Gelberg