RIOT GIRL – A Case for Obalski (Vol. I)

  • The beginning of an explosive new series.
  • A contemporary crime novel about male violence: fast-paced, modern, and told from a female perspective.

Empathetic, smart, and unconventional: Investigator Obalski makes a unique debut on the crime stage.

When a young protest movement shakes Germany with dangerous actions, LKA investigator Obalski is assigned to infiltrate the Munich Youth Welfare Office. Her task is to secretly gather information about the movement’s methods and goals. Obalski seems perfect for the job, given her special ability to read people and their behaviors. Soon, the empathetic forensic expert gains the trust of her charges and encounters a young woman with rune-shaped scars on her arm. It becomes clear to Obalski that this case involves much more than protesting teenagers – it is about violent extremisms. Obalski faces a dilemma: Who is the perpetrator and who is the victim? And how far are the activists willing to go? Then a body is recovered from the Isar Canal ...

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Wunderlich
  • Release: 15.04.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-8052-0116-2
  • 416 Pages
  • Author: Susanne Kaiser

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RIOT GIRL – A Case for Obalski (Vol. I)
Susanne Kaiser RIOT GIRL – A Case for Obalski (Vol. I)
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Susanne Kaiser

Susanne Kaiser , born in 1980 in Berlin, is a journalist and author known for her work with Die Zeit , Der Spiegel , and Deutschlandfunk Kultur . She appears as an expert on various media channels and has spent two decades studying gender power dynamics in different societies. Her book Backlash: Die neue Gewalt gegen Frauen was published in 2023, and her debut novel is Riot Girl . She lives in Munich with her family.