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Candice Fox liest "Outback Killers" (dt./engl.)
In the organizer's words:
Candice Fox will be reading from her thriller "Outback Killers" (German/English) at our bookstore
(published in April 2026 by Suhrkamp Verlag—original title: “High Wire,” published in August 2025 by Penguin Random House)
Event in German and English
About the book (for English, please scroll down)
"Harvey Buck is on his way to Sydney to see his terminally ill ex-girlfriend. His journey takes him down a dusty track through the Australian Outback, where no laws seem to apply. Despite his haste, he picks up a hitchhiker, Clare Holland, whom he sees standing next to her burned-out car. He offers her a ride—and that’s when the nightmare begins.
The two are ambushed by an ultra-violent gang that has a score to settle with Harvey. They strap explosive vests onto him and Clare and force them to carry out a series of increasingly deadly missions, or they’ll be blown up.
Senior Sergeant Edna Norris knows all too well that people keep disappearing in her jurisdiction. But nothing could have prepared her for the crime spree unfolding today: a teenager on the run, a burned-out car, a missing woman, a bank robbery, and a bullet-riddled corpse. And this road trip to hell has only just begun …" (Suhrkamp Verlag)
"You only take the High Wire if you’re desperate—or up to no good.
A notorious unmarked track through the Australian outback, the ‘Wire’ crosses swaths of lawless land, body-dumping grounds, and cell phone dead zones.
Senior Sergeant Edna Norris knows all too well that her jurisdiction—covering 200,000 square kilometers of the South Australian desert—is the place where people go to disappear. But nothing could have prepared her for today’s rapidly unfolding crime spree: a runaway teenager, a burned-out car, a missing woman, a bank robbery, and a bullet-riddled body.
Further down the High Wire, Harvey Buck and Clare Holland are strangers thrust together on a road trip from hell. Ambushed on the roadside by a vengeful crew, the pair are being forced to carry out a series of increasingly murderous missions.
Edna Norris is hot on their trail. But catching up to them might mean becoming part of their living nightmare . . ." (Penguin Random House)
Price information:
Admission: 12 euros / reduced rate: 8 euros. Tickets are available at info@margaschoeller.de, by phone at 030 - 881 11 22, or in-store.
