Klaus-Peter Wolf Author

East Frisian Killer Vol. 1

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the most successful German seaside crime series: More than 6.5 million copies sold!

Winner of the Media Control Premium Award as "the most successful crime writer of 2024/2025 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland"
Rights to the series sold to: British English (Zaffre), Danish (Mellemgaard), Estonian (Atlex), French (Piranha), Polish (Media Rodzina), Russian (Ast)
Film rights sold to ARTE

The beginning of the successful series as a special edition with exclusive additional material: Klaus-Peter Wolf offers exciting insights into the creation and success story of his East Frisian crime series.

A series of murders shocks the island of East Frisia. One by one, several members of the "Rainbow Club" are brutally murdered. This association takes care of the concerns of disabled people. Were there irregularities in the income? What happened to the money that relatives paid to the association? Who harbors such hatred that they want to wipe them all out? Her first investigation becomes a major professional and personal test for Chief Inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen.

"Klaus-Peter Wolf's books are cult classics." - Frankfurter Rundschau, Sven Trautwein

"Wolf is delightfully whimsical and satisfies the longing for the North Sea with a great deal of authenticity." - Münchner Merkur

Publisher: FISCHER Taschenbuch
Release: 26.01.2026
ISBN: 978-3-596-71292-2
384 Pages
Series: Ann Kathrin Klaasen ermittelt
Author: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Klaus-Peter Wolf East Frisian Killer Vol. 1

Klaus-Peter Wolf

Klaus-Peter Wolf, born in Gelsenkirchen in 1954, lives as a freelance writer in the East Frisian city of Norden, in the same district as his inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen. Like her, after many years in the Ruhr area, in the Westerwald and in Cologne, he moved to the coast and became an East Frisian by choice. His books and films have received numerous awards. To date his books have been translated into 26 languages and have sold over 15 million copies. More than 60 of his screenplays have been filmed, including many for Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 . The author is a member of the PEN Center Germany.
The novels in his series with Chief Inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen regularly spend several weeks at number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list. Several books in the series are currently being filmed for ZDF as major features, and continue to enthrall millions of viewers.