The best books of Romy Hausmann

With a Charlotte Link in clear retreat from the noir genre in German (or at least in transition with other narrative genres), the arrival of Romy Hausmann becomes more relevant. As a relief or complement it can be fine. But it is that Romy also has that unmistakable imprint in which it is detected that she does not follow close patterns or look for easy trails.

Because talking about domestic thrillers falls short in his case to limit his first novels. The psychological suspense in which Romy moves is capable of offering us glimpses into a very close noir where the abysses of the most ominous minds open up under the feet of her characters fighting for survival.

It's not that Romy has invented a genre. Because that paradoxical claustrophobic tension of the great open spaces, or the desperation of those who face the most unexpected enemy, had already been dealt with by many other authors. But as always in these types of stories, the ability to turn for the bad and the worse makes the difference.

For all those lovers of a hidden terror, disguised as a suspense plot, nothing better than taking a tour of Hausmann's nascent work to enjoy the strange and common morbidity of bewilderment and proximity to the fateful fate of some characters who only resorting to the existential epic they can end up escaping.

Top recommended novels by Romy Hausmann

My sweet little girl

«Resplandor» in its novel or film version was inserted into the popular imagination as one of the great thrillers in history, capable of giving us goosebumps and the heart on the verge of suffering. Then there are the cases that periodically dot reality and that tell us about families locked up by some firstborn. We put the mixer on full speed and enjoy this new cocktail… My sweet girl.

A windowless cabin in the middle of the forest. The life of Lena and her two children follows strict rules: the times for eating, going to the bathroom or studying are strictly respected. The oxygen reaches them through a "circulation apparatus." The father provides the family with food, protects them from the dangers of the outside world, sees that his children always have a mother.

But one day they manage to escape... and that's when the real nightmare begins. Because everything seems to indicate that the kidnapper wants to recover what is his. In a thriller as emotionally powerful as it is deeply moving, Romy Hausmann unfolds line by line the panorama of a horror that surpasses all imagination.

My sweet little girl

Martha is asleep

New trip to the forest. Romy knows how to make the most of that basic association of the forest as a space full of life as well as a dark hiding place for all kinds of beasts, even the wolves that lurk from within oneself...

I got you. Let's play now. We will play to celebrate a judgment. A voice behind me says, “One of your biggest problems is that you can't even trust yourself. What yes? And I'm not surprised, of course, with your story.

Years ago Nadja was convicted of something terrible. After his release, what he wants most is to be able to lead a normal life, but unexpectedly a murder occurs. And someone has to take care of it. A secluded house in the woods ends up being the scene of a macabre game... because Nadja's past makes her the perfect victim. And also in the perfect assassin.

Martha is asleep
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