Die Entführung, Christian Peitz

Die Entführung, Christian Peitz

The author of “Die Entführung”, from 2013, is Christian Peitz. Christian Peitz was born in 1974 and is educationalist and author. Since 1994 he writes many fairy storys and audio dramas. “Die Entführung” is his second novel after “Zwischenprüfung”

The novel is about the police officer, Simon, who does not feel good at his job. After meeting an old friend from school he thinks about his job and his life every time. Also he thinks very much about Laura, his wife. The two have got a happy marriage. Simon is not a bad police officer and he has got no bad life, but suddenly he questions everything on himself. At one point of the story Simon has to solve a case with a little girl who suddenly was away. The reader thinks that she was kidnapped, and that is because the title is kidnapping. But the title refers to the point when Simon met his old mate from school. He remembers an action in past, when his mate kidnapped many garden gnomes. This memory changes his whole thinking and acting.

I like this novel, because it is not as boring as other novels are. I like the realistic life situation and the crazy story. It makes the reader to think about some more details and not only to read the story

The book is only avaiable in german.

"Beide hatten ihn in einem sozialen Beruf verortet und konkret die Bereiche Jugendhilfe und Lehramt fuer Sport vorgeschlagen. Als er das Raetsel gelueftet hatte, waren sie nicht ueberrascht gewesen und hatten den Polizeiberuf im weiteren Kreis dessen, was sie sich gedacht hatten, gesehen."