Wolf Haas' Detective Brenner series has become wildly popular around the world for a reason: they're timely, edgy stories told in a wry, quirky voice that's often hilarious and with a protagonist it's hard not to love. In this episode, Brenner - forced out of the police force tries to get away from detective work by taking a job as a personal chauffeur for two-year-old Helena. One day, Helena gets snatched from the car. Abruptly out of a job, Brenner decides to investigate her disappearance on his own, just because that's what he does.
"Brenner and God is one of the cleverest-and most thoroughly enjoyable-mysteries that I've read in a long time. Wolf Haas is the real deal, and his arrival on the American book scene is long overdue."
-Carl Hiaasen, NY Times bestselling author of Skinny Dip
"Simon Brenner, the hero of Wolf Haas' marvelous series of crime thrillers, is a wildly likable and original character-a delightful and unexpected hero to show up in this noble and enduring genre. That Brenner struggles his way-always humanistically, often humorously-through Haas' acutely suspenseful narratives without the aid of a firearm, armed only with his smarts and sometimes fallible intuition, is a monumental plus."
-Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs
"A must for crime fiction lovers with a sense of humor: In Simon Brenner, Wolf Haas has created a protagonist so real and believable that I sometimes wanted to tap him on the shoulder and point him in the right direction!"-Andrey Kurkov, au] has been brilliantly brought to life by Mister Hass' subtle yet masterful prose, with just the right balance of dark humor." -New York Journal of Books
Publisher Melville House is to be commended for translating the Brenner series into English, and bringing it to a wider audience. Mister Hass may not yet be a household name, this side of the Atlantic, but all that is about to change, thanks to Simon Brenner."-Globe and Mail
"A gleaming gem of a novel" -Crimespree Magazine
"Thanks to Simon Brenner, the Austrian Wolf Haas is one of the German-speaking world's premier crime writers, beloved by critics and readers alike." -Der Spiegel
"This is great art, great fun."-Germany Radio
"Wolf Haas writes the funniest and cleverest mysteries."-Die Welt
"I liked the way Haas set up the narration of this story (and I LOVED Brenner)...quite funny, very well done. I will definitely be wanting to pick up the next Melville House Brenner release The Bone Man." --Crime Segment
-Carl Hiaasen, NY Times bestselling author of Skinny Dip
"Simon Brenner, the hero of Wolf Haas' marvelous series of crime thrillers, is a wildly likable and original character-a delightful and unexpected hero to show up in this noble and enduring genre. That Brenner struggles his way-always humanistically, often humorously-through Haas' acutely suspenseful narratives without the aid of a firearm, armed only with his smarts and sometimes fallible intuition, is a monumental plus."
-Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs
"A must for crime fiction lovers with a sense of humor: In Simon Brenner, Wolf Haas has created a protagonist so real and believable that I sometimes wanted to tap him on the shoulder and point him in the right direction!"-Andrey Kurkov, au] has been brilliantly brought to life by Mister Hass' subtle yet masterful prose, with just the right balance of dark humor." -New York Journal of Books
Publisher Melville House is to be commended for translating the Brenner series into English, and bringing it to a wider audience. Mister Hass may not yet be a household name, this side of the Atlantic, but all that is about to change, thanks to Simon Brenner."-Globe and Mail
"A gleaming gem of a novel" -Crimespree Magazine
"Thanks to Simon Brenner, the Austrian Wolf Haas is one of the German-speaking world's premier crime writers, beloved by critics and readers alike." -Der Spiegel
"This is great art, great fun."-Germany Radio
"Wolf Haas writes the funniest and cleverest mysteries."-Die Welt
"I liked the way Haas set up the narration of this story (and I LOVED Brenner)...quite funny, very well done. I will definitely be wanting to pick up the next Melville House Brenner release The Bone Man." --Crime Segment