The heads of my loved ones (novel)

The Heads of My Loved Ones is the title of the second crime novel and bestseller by the German writer Ingrid Noll . The original edition was published in 1993 by Diogenes Verlag .

In 1994 Ingrid Noll was awarded the Friedrich Glauser Prize for the novel .

The film of the same name was made in 1999 under the direction of Hans-Günther Bücking with Heike Makatsch and Christiane Paul in the leading roles.

action

It tells the story of two friends, Cora and Maja, who, first in Germany and later in Tuscany , help each other to solve their problems in a world determined by men. The two are not afraid of drastic measures, such as B. Murder, back.

continuation

In 2001, another novel by Ingrid Noll with the two protagonists from The Heads of My Loved Ones was published under the title Blessed Widows .

Origin of the title

The heads of my loved ones is a modified line from Schiller's bell .

expenditure

• Ingrid Noll: The heads of my loved ones . Novel. Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-01949-1 / ISBN 978-3-257-06885-6 (2nd edition 2014) / as paperback: detebe 22726, 1994, ISBN 978-3-257-22726-0 .