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The Brief

Title

Amor Immortalis: ... Berns erster Fall

Author

Christian ... Bertschinger

Author biography

Christian ... Bertschinger, MBA, ..., wurde... geboren und lebt heute bei ... Er studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften und war als Unternehmensberater tä... Der erste Band der Psycho-Krimi Reihe um den Psychologen ... Friedrich Bern ist zugleich sein Romandebü... In seiner Freizeit ist er gern in der ... Besonders liebt er die ... Hier schöpft er in ausgedehnten Wanderungen die Inspiration für die malerischen und bisweilen düster verzerrten Landschaften und Kulissen seiner ...

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Book description

Der Kriminalroman spielt in der zweiten Hälfte des ... ... ... Bern tritt an einer Heilanstalt für Geisteskranke, einem finsteren Schloss, die Assistentenstelle des Direktors ... Auf dem Schloss und seinen Bewohnern lastet eine dunkle Vergangenheit, die sich ihm erst nach und nach erschließt, wobei er sich gegen den Widerstand Ränke schmiedender Kollegen und des Direktors durchsetzen ... Die einzige Tochter des Direktors wurde vor... Jahren das Opfer eines geisteskranken Serienmö... Bern besucht ihn und erhält Einblick in das Schicksal des Mö... Bern hat Zweifel, ob der vermeintliche Mörder wirklich zu Recht seit... Jahren in einem Verließ eingesperrt wird und begibt sich auf die gefährliche Suche nach der ...

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Junge Erwachsene bis Erwachsene jeden Alters und Geschlecht

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Paperback

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Quiet
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Masculine
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Design needs

Der Kriminalroman enthält im Kern eine Geschichte unsterblicher ... Zur Inspiration füge ich ein Endymion-Motiv bei, das adaptiert werden ... Im Hintergrund zu diesem im hellen Vordergrund stehenden Motiv schlage ich böse ... rot unterlaufene Augen (ähnlich wie Gregor Clegane aus der Serie GOT) vor, die aus dem dunklen Hintergrund, über dem hellen Motiv, bedrohlich über dem zentralen Motiv ...

What to avoid

Klischeehafte Symbole Herzchen ...ä.

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It is always a pleasure to work with Miguel. This is now our fifth collaboration and he did not disappoint. He knows how to take my ideas and turn them into something amazing!

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