Heinrich Steinfest - "Die Linkshänderinnen"

Three women with nothing in common except their left-handedness - and that turns out to be enough. A chance encounter on a plane leads to a joint venture: a small cocktail bar designed entirely around the needs and habits of left-handers. With an exquisite interior and a knack for the right drink, the trio becomes a local institution. Until one evening, 35 French guests simply vanish from their care.

Publisher Piper describes the novel as possessing a "cheerful originality".

Heinrich Steinfest is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary German-language literature. The Austrian author has won the German Crime Prize multiple times and received the Heimito von Doderer Literary Prize in 2010. He has lived in Albury (Australia), Vienna, and Stuttgart, and now makes his home near Heidelberg.