Esta serie de crimen y fantasía para adultos sigue las aventuras de una Gretel crecida, ahora detective privada. Junto a su hermano Hans, se sumerge en casos oscuros y misteriosos donde la realidad se mezcla con el mundo de los cuentos de hadas. Espere tramas de detectives apasionantes ambientadas en una atmósfera escalofriante, donde el crimen y lo sobrenatural chocan a cada paso. Es una fusión única de novela negra cruda y fantasía oscura.
Gesternstadt, Bayern, 1776. Katzendame Floribunda, heiss geliebt von ihrer Besitzerin Frau Habsburg, ist verschwunden. In ihrer Verzweiflung engagiert Frau Habsburg eine Detektivin. Ihr Name: Gretel. Ja - DIE Gretel. Da Gretel nicht nur gegen ihr Übergewicht, sondern auch gegen ständige Geldnot kämpfen und ihren alkoholkranken Bruder Hänsel versorgen muss, nimmt sie den Auftrag an, obwohl sie Katzen hasst. Doch bei ihren Ermittlungen stösst sie bald auf eine grossangelegte Verschwörung - und eine erste Leiche.
Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's frog prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city's annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that point toward the elusive thief. Even with the aid of the chatty mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the truth
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter comes the story of Gretel, all grown up and investigating a series of mysterious disappearances off the coast of Bavaria. Gretel—yes, that Gretel—is now all grown up and working as a private investigator in 18th century Bavaria. Her professional interest is piqued when she begins to hear whispers of of mysterious goings-on off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein: sailors are disappearing, and there are rumors of mermaids and sea creatures and all manner of slippery, sea-based happenings. Ordinarily, Gretel’s interest in sea-life does not extend beyond that which is edible, doused in butter and garlic, and already on the plate before her. However, funds are low, and the captain of the ship Arabella makes a tempting offer of good pay and a free cruise in return for her detective services. With a splendid new wig packed, Hans as her bodyguard on the journey north, and the promise of two weeks of fine dining and erudite company whilst sailing around the picturesque Friesian islands, what could possibly go wrong?
Gretel has never had any time for sorcerers, considering them nothing more than show-offs with questionable fashion sense. It is with some reluctance and a deal of grumpiness, then, that she agrees to look into the matter of a murdered magician. All that is left of him is a grisly remnant, which the police quack confirms is the murdered man’s appendix. What has become of the rest of him is baffling the local constabulary, the Sorcerers’ Society, and, not least, the hapless trickster’s widow.As Gretel delves into the facts behind his disappearance she discovers no shortage of suspects. In fact, just about everyone she meets had reason for wanting the odious man dead. Her only clue points in one disturbing direction: the deep dark forest. So it is that Gretel, with a reluctant Hans as porter, must trek into the woods of her childhood trauma, braving all manner of discomforts and dangers—not least of which is a terrifying reminder of her past.
