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The guide

by Sebastian Fitzek, published on March 10, 2022 by Éditions de L'Archipel.


His favorite quote:

“Then Klara heard a gasp that, contrary to her morbid hallucination, was very real and extremely close.

She heard the footsteps of the intruder, still mute, who was certainly savoring his victim's panic.

Seeing her open the back door like that, then miss one of the steps leading to the vegetable garden and collapse in the swirls of snow seemed to amuse her a lot.

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Why this book?

  • Because if you forget to breathe before the prologue

    you risk not being able to do it until the final page.

  • Because the screenplay is oppressive

    with this life suspended at the end of the telephone during the countdown.

  • Because Fitzek is a Machiavellian writer

    who always knows how to create an original story, a chapter leading to the reading of the next without wanting to put the book down.

  • Because this book is still pure entertainment.

    To those who risk rejecting the book, finding that the author does too much in horror or because of the theme of battered women, we recommend Fitzek's afterword: "I have often been criticized for writing books whose events were not believable, the crimes not realistic enough, pure products of my imagination. Today, I can only retort: ​​fortunately! I write to entertain."

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

Jules replaces his friend on duty at a support service dedicated to women in danger.

A serial killer, "the calendar killer", has been raging for several months.

He is so nicknamed because he usually writes the date of death of his victims.

Characters.

Jules Tannberg, the guide, 35 years old;

Hans Christian Tannberg, his father;

Klara, the companion, Martin, her husband.

Places.

Berlin.

The time.

Nowadays, one evening around 10 p.m.

The author.

Sebastian Fitzek has sold over 13 million books in Germany.

The Companion is his fourteenth thriller.

His novels are all independent.

This book has been read with

constant dread in this race against time.

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