David Safier Author

MISS MERKEL: Murder Under the Christmas Tree (Vol. V)

70,000 copies sold!
Funny, quirky, and suspenseful!
The first Christmas crime novel featuring Miss Merkel – by bestselling author David Safier.
1,1 million copies sold of Miss Merkel (Vol. I–IV) altogether!
Rights to the series were sold to 10 countries!

“There's a dead Santa Claus in our fireplace.”
Miss Merkel investigates at Christmas.

"There is a dead Santa Claus in our fireplace" is one of those sentences you really do not want to hear during the Christmas season. Unless, of course, you are Angela Merkel and you are happy about unresolved deaths in your hometown in Uckermark. After a disastrous vacation with the Obamas, the Merkel couple returns on Christmas Eve to find the aforementioned dead Santa Claus in their half-timbered house. The man is a professionally bookable Santa. Four competing Santas and Santas-in-law, who also spread gifts in the charming little town, are considered suspicious. One of them even believes himself to be the real Santa Claus.

Rights sold to

Denmark - mellemgaard I the Netherlands - De Fontein

Publisher: Rowohlt Kindler
Release: 16.09.2025
ISBN: 978-3-463-40688-6
192 Pages
Series: Merkel Krimi
Author: David Safier

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David Safier MISS MERKEL: Murder Under the Christmas Tree (Vol. V)

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David Safier

David Safier was born in 1966, and is one of today’s most successful authors and screenwriters. His books Mieses Karma , Plötzlich Shakespeare , Happy Family , MUH! and 28 Tage lang sold millions. His books are also bestsellers in markets outside Germany. He won both the International Emmy and the Grimme Prize for his screenplay for the TV series Berlin, Berlin . He lives and works in Bremen, is married and has two children and a dog.