by Martin Suter · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9783257241778
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«Allmen und die Libellen» is the crime novel by Martin Suter, published by Diogenes in paperback (194 pages, in German).
Johann Friedrich von Allmen, a ruined and refined dandy, is pressed by debts while living in the garden house of his former estate in Zurich. After stealing five Art Nouveau bowls by the artist Émile Gallé from a villa by the lake, he finds, together with his butler Carlos, the seed of a peculiar business: recovering lost valuable objects.
First installment of the Allmen series, the crime saga featuring the gentleman thief Johann Friedrich von Allmen and his butler Carlos.
For readers of German crime fiction and fans of Martin Suter who enjoy an atypical and elegant detective.
Martin Suter is a Swiss author. He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper (1992–2004), now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ Folio". The columns have been published as nine books.
