Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse
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Translated from German by Florian Duijsens.
Paperback, Jan 2025.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571384044
Calm your mind. Be here, now. Take a breath. And kill.
I didn't kill anyone until I was forty-two. That's actually a little on the late side for my current professional environment.
Admittedly, I did kill almost half a dozen in the week that followed. Björn has been given an ultimatum: repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter. He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and to his surprise, it's a revelation.
He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client and brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn remembers his new-found goal to find serenity - and kills him. Now Björn can deepen his practice and seek inner peace - violently.
'This brutal but hilarious tale of German gangsterism takes down the wellness industry while sending up the legal profession. Watching a worm turn - into a vengeful monster - has never been such fun.' THE TIMES
About the Author
Karsten Dusse is a lawyer and has been writing for television formats for a number of years. He has won the German Television Award and the German Comedy Prize several times, with his work also earning him a nomination for the Grimme Award. He spent years working as a radio host in public service broadcasting and has also enjoyed success in front of the camera. He has previously written three non-fiction books and no writes crime novels.