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The new novel by bestselling author Michael Kumpfmüller ("The Glory of Life").
The ghost of a young woman tries to solve a murder - her own. Who is responsible for her death? - Lucid, melancholy and cheerful at the same time, Michael Kumpfmüller tells of the beauty and fragility of life.
In the early hours of the morning, Lilli looks down at a lifeless body at her feet. Only slowly does she begin to realize that it is her own lying there among the trees in the city park. While the bereaved grieve and the investigators sort through the clues with increasing helplessness, she receives support from a surprising source. Andrä, a former detective who died many years earlier during an assignment, takes her on. He carefully navigates her through the world of ghosts, which is surprisingly similar to our own. The dead argue, love and enjoy themselves, discuss their problems in self-help groups and observe the goings-on of the living with amused amazement.

Michael Kumpfmüller, born in Munich in 1961, lives as a freelance author in Berlin. His first literary publication, the acclaimed novel "Hampels Fluchten", appeared in 2000, followed by his second novel "Durst" in 2003 and "Nachricht an alle" in 2008, for which he was awarded the Döblin Prize before its publication. "The Glory of Life" became a bestseller in 2011 and was highly praised by literary critics. The novel has since been translated into 27 languages and was made into a film in 2024, directed by Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann. Most recently, "Tage mit Ora" (2018), "Ach, Virginia" (2020) and "Mischa und der Meister" (2022) were published.

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