BOOK PREMIERE WITH CHAMPAGNE: Puppenherz

On September 4, 2026, SPIEGEL bestselling author Max Bentow reads from his new novel at the Hugendubel bookstore in Berlin Steglitz - with champagne reception.

"Puppenherz" is the third installment in his psychological thriller series: Detectives Nils Trojan and Carlotta Weiss are called to a crime scene where a woman has been brutally murdered. The killer has left a macabre signature - a small doll made from human bone that can be forensically linked to an unsolved case from ten years ago. As more murders follow the same pattern, the trail leads both detectives to the tower room of an old villa - and to a truth that surpasses everything imaginable.

Max Bentow was born in Berlin, studied acting, and worked as a dramatist at various theatres. He has received numerous prestigious awards for his dramatic works. Since his debut novel "Der Federmann," he has been counted among Germany's most successful thriller authors; all his books have reached the SPIEGEL bestseller list.