What if you invited someone in and they wouldn't leave...?
Photo: Martin Guggisberg
Schattenbruder
Psychological thriller
shadow brother
Press
NZZ
June 2015
A very thrilling read
«In his debut novel, Mirko Beetschen impressively and with purposeful slowness describes how a fleeting acquaintance gradually evolves into a frighteningly close and involuntary relationship.»
SIEGESSÀULE
February 2015
A great debut!
«I emphasize this book not only for its thrilling plot and literary performance, but also for its amazing effect it had on me: Instead of empathy for the victim, I felt glee and solidarity with evil. I haven't experienced this often, and it heightened my fascination for the author and his book.»
SCHWEIZER ILLUSTRIERTE
December 2014
Haunted
«Swiss author Mirko Beetschen describes his scenes so vividly that it feels like watching a movie. The reader is plunged right into the protagonist's life and breathlessly follows the tightening plot.»
BUCHHANDLUNG LÖWENHERZ
June 2015
Literarily elegant, subtle and to the point
«Of course the story is so brilliantly told that the initial clues, which really are the reader’s own perfidious hope, totally mislead you until the very end.»
Raymond does his best to maintain contact – much to Samuel’s chagrin. The seemingly random encounters and efforts of his devotee become increasingly irritating and more and more threatening. The shy stranger gradually evolves into a merciless stalker, and Samuel has no other choice than to turn the tables. That’s when he makes a shocking discovery.
Samuel Bach (37) seems to have everything he could wish for: He’s a successful journalist and architecture critic, lives in a wealthy Swiss city and enjoys his single life, culture and a small circle of friends. When he flirts with a stranger one night, however, his life takes, his life takes a wrong turn.
