“The name of Hansjörg Martin - playwright, novelist, essayist and artist - is well known in Germany and other European countries. His works are being translated into Russian for the first time. His favorite genres are detective and thriller. The heyday of Martin's creativity falls in the 60s and 70s. Martin is the author of many so-called “white” detective stories. He avoids naturalism and physiology in his descriptions; the plot in his works, always sharp and entertaining, develops easily and naturally. Of course, as in any detective story, the driving force is a crime - murder, and most often more than one. In his novels there are neither “blue” heroes nor “black” villains. But there are no faceless figures in them either; every face is a character, alive, bright. Another advantage of the author is his gentle humor. That's why even the best detective novels don't have dark pages. G. Martin's books were published in huge numbers in Germany, almost all of his novels were filmed. Here are the names of the most famous ones. You can judge a lot by the titles alone: “Dangerous Curiosity”, “Don’t Drink, Tamara!”, “One Was Missed at the Concert”, “Balance with Blood Stains”, “My Beloved is a Murderer”. “Blood is darker than red ink”, “He dropped out last night”, “When the west wind blows you won’t hear the sound of a gunshot”, etc. In this novel the action takes place in Hamburg. The respectable owner of a fashion salon in a small Bavarian town, Frau Etienne, who came here on a rather sensitive personal matter, was detained by the police. She is accused of murdering her ex-husband. It seems everything is against her, the evidence is irrefutable. And yet...”

From the collection Action-Plot Detective. Issue 6. “About the authors”