"Wolfstal" by and with Alexander Oetker

Dark Traces on the Camino de Santiago – Luc Verlain Investigates Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:30 PM Central Theater Müllheim Admission: €14 including an aperitif Murder in the Idyllic Pyrenees – Bestselling author Alexander Oetker reads from his latest France crime novel featuring Commissioner Luc Verlain at the cinema in Müllheim – an evening full of suspense, French flair, and aperitif. An Aquitaine Crime (Volume 9): Luc Verlain's Case on the Camino de Santiago Surrounded by gentle foothills of the Pyrenees and famous for its spice paprika, the picturesque village of Espelette invites all pilgrims passing through on the Camino de Santiago to take a rest. However, a shadow falls over the idyll when a shepherd from the village is brutally murdered. Luc Verlain, called in to assist by the Basque police, finds the silent villagers strangely unsympathetic, and soon he uncovers several compelling motives for murder. Were the warning shots fired by the shepherd when pilgrims approached his pastures too much of a thorn in the side for the hoteliers? Did his advocacy for the wolf roaming the area anger his fellow shepherds too much? And why was he such a reclusive loner? Alexander Oetker, born in 1982, has been reporting on the politics and society of the Grande Nation as a France expert for RTL and n-tv for 15 years. He is also a columnist and restaurant critic for the gourmet magazine Der Feinschmecker. His crime novels regularly appear on the bestseller list.