Wulf Dorn

Vita	Wulf Dorn

[ Website ]	Wulf Dorn, born in 1969, started writing at the age of twelve. His short stories were published in magazines and anthologies and won numerous awards. His love of mystery and suspense steered him in the direction of horror stories, but he later discovered the appeal of the thriller. Trigger is his first full-length novel. His second novel is scheduled for publication with Heyne in 2010. Wulf Dorn trained as a foreign language correspondent. His insight into the world of psychiatry comes from fifteen years of helping former psychiatric patients in vocational rehabilitation. He lives with his wife and his calico cat near Ulm in southern Germany.

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	*Dark Madness* She loves. She lurks. She kills! Since he uncovered the scandal regarding the Fahlenberg hospital, psychiatrist Jan Forstner has, against his will, turned into a local celebrity. Therefore, at first he does not pay much attention to the presents of an unknown fan. Then, however, a journalist is murdered who has asked Jan to help him with a mysterious case. A case that had some connection with a mysterious woman. Jan realises that he has got himself into the sight of a lunatic who is playing her perfidious game with him. But who is this two-faced woman? The search for the identity of the murderess drives the psychiatrist into a nightmare of paranoia and psychological cruelty where no escape seems possible. And the only person who could help him is condemned to be silent. HC: Heyne Verlag 2011 Sold to: The Netherlands (Unieboek B.V.) Movie & TV: Rights free (AVA international)

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	*Cold Silence* When silence turns into a nightmare For some twenty-three years, psychiatrist Jan Forstner has been troubled by the mysterious disappearance of his six-year-old brother. All that is left of Sven is the dictaphone Jan had taken with him that night. A dictaphone which still holds the tape with Sven's voice. His brother's words followed by an abrupt and ice-cold silence. Silence which has been excruciating to Jan ever since; and nightmares have been haunting him night by night. No less mysterious is their father's death. The very same night there was a phone call, and then their father fell victim to a deadly accident, on his way to some unknown destination. Now, after a severe crisis, Jan is given the chance to make a fresh start at the hospital in his old home town. Confronted with an inexplainable suicide, he teams up with Carla, a journalist, to unravel a secret which for years has been hidden within the hospital walls. A secret which leads him back into his own past ... HC: Heyne 2010 Sold to: Italy (Casa Editrice Corbaccio s.r.l.), Turkey (Pegasus Yayincilik), The Netherlands (Unieboek), France (Le Cherche Midi éditeur), Czech Republic (Euromedia) Movie & TV: Rights free (AVA international)

	*Trigger* »When consultant psychiatrist Ellen Roth agrees to treat a severely traumatized patient, little does she realize that the case is about to take over her life. The woman begs for protection from the “soot man” and disappears from the clinic before Ellen can work out who she is. Determined to find her, Ellen launches her own investigation and becomes a target for a sinister abductor, who lays a macabre trail of clues for her to follow. If Ellen fails to solve the soot man’s riddles, both she and her patient will die. With no one to turn to, Ellen is sucked into a desperate struggle to rescue her patient before it is too late. Who is the soot man? Why does he know so much about her past? What happened to the traumatized woman at the hands of the soot man? Ellen sinks deeper and deeper into a quagmire of paranoia, violence and fear. But time is running out… Wulf Dorn’s debut novel is a sophisticated psychological thriller that explores the darkest recesses of the mind. Like David Lynch filming a story by Stephen King – magnificent!« Thomas Thiemeyer (Medusa, Reptilia, Magma) »Wulf Dorn’s debut heralds the arrival of an author destined for great things. Read this book and experience the Wulf Dorn phenomenon from the start.« Andreas Eschbach (The Jesus Video, The Carpet Makers, Burnt Out) »A scrupulously researched debut thriller. Dorn takes the reader’s clammy hand and ventures into the darkest regions of the human soul.« Sebastian Fitzek (Therapy, Dialling Amok, The Child, The Spirit Breaker) PB: Heyne 2009 Audiobook: Random House Audio Audiobook: Audioteket A/S World movie rights: teamWorx Television & Film GmbH Sold to: The Netherlands (Unieboek), Italy (Casa Editrice Corbaccio s.r.l.), Denmark (Audioteket A/S Forlage Mrs Robinson), Turkey (Pegasus Yayincilik), Greece (Diigisi Publishing), France (Le Cherche Midi éditeur), Poland (Sonia Draga Sp. z o.o.), Spain (Duomo Ediciones)

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