Overview

• The new book, published by Diogenes about a month ago, follows teenager Luisa who secretly shelters a homeless man in her parents' home.
• Noll’s hallmark stories often center on women who kill with cunning, frequently using poison and targeting those close to them.
• She began publishing in her mid-50s, with the 1991 debut 'Der Hahn ist tot' becoming an immediate bestseller.
• Her output spans roughly 20 novels and numerous stories, and her works have been translated into 27 languages.
• Honors include the Glauser-Ehrenpreis and the Federal Cross of Merit, and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has praised her as a 'Grande Dame des deutschen Krimis.'