Leonhard M. Seidl: Black rain, red blood
The Second World War only ended a few days ago when a horrific massacre happened in a small village on the Schwarzen Regen in Zwieseler Winkel: a host family was murdered and the inn burned down. The suspicion falls on a brutal returnee from the war.
A detective inspector who has been injured in body and soul by the war is dispatched to the remote mountain village. He is supposed to investigate the case, but he encounters a wall of silence and denial. Because instead of speaking to the police, the village community seems to want to take matters into their own hands.
The Munich author Leonhard Michael Seidl is a specialist in crime stories with contemporary historical references. “Schwarzer Regen, Rotes Blut” is the name of his latest novel, set in May 1945. Seidl not only delivers an exciting crime story, he also draws the gripping moral portrait of a village society traumatized by the war and Nazi rule. Dark crime fiction from the Bavarian Forest.
“Black rain, red blood “by Leonhard Michael Seidl, Gmeiner Verlag,, ISBN 978-3-8392-2857-9, 314 pages, € 12 (e-book € 4.99)
Christine Hochreiter: Manufactories in Lower Bavaria
This book appears just in time: The business journalist Christine Hochreiter presents a special kind of shopping guide. Researching the book was a journey of discovery for the author:
“I didn’t know that cigars were still being made in the Bavarian Forest. I didn’t know that belts for life were still being made in a tannery. This is the continuation of my work as a business journalist: discovering business ideas and interesting people.” Christine Hochreiter
Costume cutters, chocolatiers, ceramists, schnapps distillers, coffee roasters, glassmakers and soap makers: Hochreiter presents a good 40 such Lower Bavarian manufacturers with their extraordinary products in their book.
And quite a few of the entrepreneurs presented report that the corona pandemic has not only harmed them.
“There are many success stories. And I also have the feeling that if the pandemic has anything good, it is that the perspective is directed more towards the regional because of the restricted range of motion, and that sustainability counts more again.” Christine Hochreiter
“Manufactories in Lower Bavaria, From the love of handmade things “by Christina Hochreiter, SüdOst-Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-95587-771-2, 160 pages, € 17.90.
Gregor Wolf: Hiking for the soul
No, there are no more undiscovered peaks in the Bavarian Forest, no unexplored corners or paths that have never been trodden. So do we really need a new hiking guide for the region? Last winter, the police reported traffic jams and traffic chaos in the Bavarian Forest on many weekends. In search of fresh air, freedom and distance, the lockdown-tired people stormed the same excursion destinations, for example at the Dreisessel or the Lusen – where they then stood around on their feet again and the police had to block the parking spaces.
“Hiking for the soul” is the title of a series from Droste-Verlag that presents the most beautiful hiking regions in Bavaria. After the Chiemgau, the Pre-Alps, the Allgäu and Franconian Switzerland, it is now the turn of the Bavarian Forest. Author Gregor Wolf, whose main job is employed by the national park administration, promises “20 feel-good paths” through the region.
As I said: There are no undiscovered peaks in the Bavarian Forest. But the book is a nice inspiration when it comes to planning the next family outing.
“Bavarian Forest. Hiking for the Soul” by Gregor Wolf, Droste Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7700-2188-8, 192 pages, € 16.99.
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