The Calendar Girl

Eleven years ago, Alma was given up for adoption under mysterious circumstances - with the condition that the identity of her biological parents must never be revealed. When she falls critically ill and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant, her mother Olivia sets out to find her biological parents, unaware of the horrors that await her.

She stumbles upon the legend of the "Calendar Girl" - a young woman who withdrew to a remote cottage during the Christmas season years ago and became the victim of a psychopath who forced her to open an advent calendar of horrors. Olivia realizes she must go there and find the psychopath to save her daughter.

Sebastian Fitzek has long been regarded as the leading author of German-language psychological thrillers; the total circulation of his works runs into the millions, and numerous novels have been adapted for film. His readings regularly experiment with new formats and unusual venues. A recurring theme in his work is the living conditions of disadvantaged or abused children - since 2013 he has been patron of the Federal Association "Das frühgeborene Kind".