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Quick and fun read. Full of twists and turns and the cons give a heist vibe to it all and Lucca is a likeable protagonist. Considering the success, I am sure a movie or show will come. I'll watch it, even though I know the ending. That's how much fun it was.

Ah, what a conclusion to this trilogy. I enjoyed all of it a great deal. I liked the writing, although it felt a tad pretentious at times. The author was particularly in love with the word "insolent" in this volume. Anyway, I loved Helena Sedanka and I would watch a show about these books.

I like this series a lot and yet it took me quite a while to finish the second book. It's difficult to go on reading about the trials our heroes have to go through, because I really like them. If you liked the first book, just go on. It's just as good.

This book picks up right where Todesschmerz left us, so you absolutely need to read that one before moving on with Todesrache. It's one of the most exciting books so far, with frequent flashbacks to decades earlier, multiple plot lines that eventually merge and a crossover from the author's other series, Pulaski and Meyers. But you don't need to read that series to enjoy this book, as I know from firsthand experience. Sabine Nemez has some amazing scenes in this book, even though her part feels smaller than in the other books. Another recommendation for fans of the series.

I forgot about this series for so long, that there were two new books to read. This one and the seventh installment.

I really enjoy the series. The books are fun to read, a lot happens, some small twists here and there, the characters larger than life and you better not think too hard about whether things could happen the way they do in the books. In this book the large team Sneijder has assembled over the years goes to Norway to solve the murder of the German ambassador and of course a few other crimes. If you've enjoyed the first few book, definitely pick this one up. If you haven't, I recommend to start with the first one.

I really enjoyed this. With it's mix of Name of the Rose-style criminal investigation, epic empire-scale intrigue and a young protagonist it just captured me and I couldn't stop reading it. I will start the next book immediately.

Typical Marc Raabe. Not quite as good as his BKA series', but still the kind of stuff I like. If you like the Tom Babylon and Art Mayer series' you should give this one a try.

Not my kind of thriller. The investigators are extremely personally involved in the case, every character is brilliant at everything they do and super smart. Insufferable. Ratings are good, so you might like it. I did not.

It was fine. The story was quite predictable, the characters felt a bit bland or shallow. But it was nice to read a standalone novel for once and the magic system which used essentially keyboards to program spells sounded like fun. Recommended if you're looking for a light read you'll soon forget.

I liked it, but some parts, linke the clumsy exposition between people who should all know that stuff already, were rather annoying. The conclusion of the murder mystery and who was behind it was not exactly a revelation. Overall an OK book. Recommended if you want a murder mystery IN SPACE.

A cute little book. For once, a book with a YA romance I enjoyed. All the subplot featuring pestilence, war, torture and murder was fun, too. Recommended for people who want a short, standalone book with some mystery, drama and romance.

It's an improvement over the first one, but it also has a lot of parts I didn't like. Raine's inner conversation is as annoying as ever. I like a tad more confidence and a bit less self-loathing in my protagonists. Of course they can be conflicted and on a journey, but I don't see that in Raine. Whenever she seems to make progress there follows a conversation where it's all negated. But enough of that. I do enjoy the overall story and I will pick up the third one when it comes out.

I was torn between 2 and three stars. It's not a great book and many people might say it's not even a good book. The writing is all over the place, turning reading into a chore. But at its core it was something I enjoyed. It was just annoying to pick out the good parts from the crappy writing. I felt the writing was way too clumsy for an established author. I don't need to be reminded by Raine's internal monologue that she was deeply traumatized and that she wonders what her mama would say every five pages. My god, that was annoying.

I will continue with Traitor of Redwinter, but I cannot really recommend this book and that's why I settled on two stars.

I enjoyed it. It was similar to The Martian, in that someone has to science the shit out of a life-threatening situation, but everything else is very different and the stakes are so much higher. So you do indeed get a new book despite the broad similarities. The characters were fun and I can see how they will translate onto the big screen with the upcoming movie adaptation. Recommended if you enjoyed The Martian or if you enjoy a lot of science facts and their application or if you want to know beforehand what happens so you can focus more on Ryan Gosling.

Unreadable for me. It's just a huge infodump showing off the author's knowledge and research, vaguely disguised by adding dialogue. But then the people talk like no real person I've ever met. DNF on page 17, that's how bad it is.