Festival

Besessen – 17. Hamburger Krimifestival

The wait is over - the 17th Hamburg Crime Thriller Festival is just around the corner and once again this year promises gripping entertainment and exciting encounters with well-known crime authors. We have put together a multifaceted program for the five days of the festival, bringing the various crime genres to the stage. Pure thrills!

The bookshop Heymann, the Hamburger Abendblatt and Kampnagel Hamburg are looking forward to welcoming hundreds of crime fiction fans to the Kampnagel grounds for five exciting festival days. Over 30 authors from England, Sweden, Scotland, Italy and Germany are expected to present their latest suspense novels.


Reading

Claire Douglas

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Claire Douglas. She has long, rather light-colored hair and is looking into the distance on the left. She is smiling slightly. There is a brick wall in the background.

Kriminelle Eröffnung: Das grausame Ende einer Party


05.11.2024


Reading

Håkan Nesser

Black and white collage of crime novelist Hakan Nesser and actor Dietmar Bär. Nesser wears a light-colored knitted sweater and hat and smiles into the camera. Bär has a beard and wears dark clothing.

Vier Geschwister und ein Mordfall – Håkan Nesser erneut in Bestform


07.11.2024


Reading

Constantin Schreiber

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Constantin Schreiber. He is standing in front of a wall with hieroglyphics on it. He has short, dark hair and is looking to the right into the distance.

Tagesschau-Sprecher entführt ins geheimnisvolle Ägypten


05.11.2024


Reading

Martin Walker

Black and white portrait of crime novelist Martin Walker. He is wearing a checked shirt with a light-colored jacket over it and smiles into the camera. His hair is short and dark.

Dorfpolizist Bruno schützt alte Freunde und zeigt seine Kochkünste


06.11.2024


Reading

Mariana da Silva

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Mariana da Silva. She has short-shaven, dark hair and wears earrings. She looks seriously into the camera.

Portugiesische Verhältnisse


06.11.2024

Warum der Richter tot im Dünengras liegt


Reading / Lecture

Katharina Mahrenholz / Daniel Kaiser

Black and white photo of the “Eat Read Sleep” podcast hosts Katharina Mahrenholtz and Daniel Kaiser. Both are wearing dark clothing and smiling at the camera. Mahrenholtz is shorter than Kaiser and is about up to his nose.

Live-Podcast: eat.READ.sleep. präsentiert ein „Krimi-Spezial“


06.11.2024


Reading

Karin Smirnoff / Tina N. Martin

Black and white collage by crime novelists Tina N. Martin and Karin Smirnoff. Martin has long, dark hair. Smirnoff has long, light-colored hair and bangs. Both are smiling at the camera.

Die Schwedinnen kommen


06.11.2024

Hochspannung aus dem eisigen Norden


Reading

Bernhard Aichner

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Bernhard Aichner. He has short shaved hair and is wearing a dark jacket with a dark T-shirt underneath. He looks seriously into the camera.

Die faszinierende Geschichte einer Mörderin


06.11.2024


Reading

Petra Mattfeldt / Axel Petermann

Black and white collage of crime novelist Petra Mattfeldt and case analyst Axel Petermann. Both have light-colored hair and wear light-colored clothing.

Ken und Barbie


07.11.2024

Ein mörderisches Pärchen


Reading

Sia Piontek

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Sia Piontek. She has short, dark hair and is smiling at the camera. The wall of a half-timbered house can be seen in the background.

Morden, wo andere Urlaub machen


07.11.2024

Im schönen Wendland


Reading

Lars Haider

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Lars Haider. He is leaning his head on his right hand. He is wearing a checked shirt and has short, dark hair. He is looking into the camera.

Lukas Hammerstein recherchiert bei den Schönen und Reichen


07.11.2024


Reading

Volker Kutscher

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Volker Kutscher. He has short, light-colored hair and looks seriously into the camera.

Überleben unter Nazis – furioses Finale der großen Gereon-Rath-Saga


07.11.2024


Reading

Tim Sullivan

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Tim Sullivan. He is wearing a dark shirt and has short, light-colored hair. He smiles slightly into the camera.

Detective Cross entschlüsselt die Logik des Todes


08.11.2024


Reading

Nikolas Kuhl / Stefan Sandrock

Black and white photo of the crime novel authors Nikolas Kuhl and Stefan Sandrock. Both are wearing a shirt and dark jackets. They look seriously into the camera.

Ein neues Hamburger Ermittlerduo und ein alter Fall


08.11.2024


Reading

Anette Hinrichs / Eva Almstädt / Romy Fölck

Black and white collage of the crime novelists Anette Hinrichs, Eva Almstädt and Romy Fölck.

Gipfeltreffen der norddeutschen Ladies of Crime


08.11.2024


Reading

Sophie Bonnet / Cay Rademacher / Pierre Lagrange

Black and white collage of the crime novelists Sophie Bonnet, Cay Rademacher and Pierre Lagrange.

Französischer Abend: Rätselhafte Mordfälle in der Provence


08.11.2024


Reading

Ursula Poznanski

Black and white portrait of crime novelist Ursula Poznanski. She has long hair and smiles broadly at the camera.

Zwei Jugendliche im Kampf gegen einen Lügendetektor


09.11.2024


Reading

Andreas Winkelman

Black and white portrait of the crime novelist Andreas Winkelmann. The right side of his face is in shadow. He has short, light-colored hair.

Ein erbarmungsloser Wettlauf gegen die Zeit


09.11.2024


Reading

Angélique Kästner & Andreas Kästner / Krischan Koch / Kester Schlenz / Jan Jepsen

Black and white collage by five crime fiction authors: Angélique Kästner, Andreas Kästner, Krischan Koch, Kester Schlenz and Jan Jepsen.

Hamburger Abend: Ufos und ganz viel Hafen


09.11.2024


Reading

Giancarlo De Cataldo

Black and white photo of the crime novelist Giancarlo De Cataldo. He is wearing dark glasses with thick frames and has one finger on his chin. He gazes thoughtfully into the distance.

Provokante Abrechnung mit einer korrupten Gesellschaft


09.11.2024