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Leenders / Bay / Leenders is a trio of authors who have been publishing detective novels since 1992, the plot of which is mainly set on the Lower Rhine or in the vicinity of the city of Kleve . The main characters are police officers. The novels were initially published by Grafit Verlag and since 2002 by Rowohlt Verlag . Books accompanying the novels are published by Mercator-Verlag .

In 2018, Hiltrud Leenders and Pfaffs Hof published a description of a childhood on the Lower Rhine in the early 1960s.

Life

Hiltrud Leenders, born in Nierswalde in 1955, died in 2018, initially worked as a translator and later made a name for herself as a poet. She was the mother of two sons and has been a full-time writer since 1990.

Michael Bay, born in Rheine in 1955 , works as a qualified psychologist and psychotherapist. He is married and has three children. Michael Bay is also active in local politics and belongs to the council of the city of Kleve for Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen .

Artur Leenders, born in Meerbusch in 1954, died in 2020, worked as a trauma surgeon in Kalkar . He was married to Hiltrud Leenders for over 21 years and was the father of the two boys. Like Bay, he was active in local politics and was also a member of the City of Kleve for Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen.

Works

• 1992 - Königsschießen , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-029-4
• 1993 - Belshazzar's end , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-037-9
• 1994 - Jenseits von Uedem , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-045-4
• 1995 - Feine Milde , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-057-7
• 1997 - Clara! , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-071-3
• 1998 - Eulenspiegel , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-210-6
• 1999 - Ackermann tanzt , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-225-0
• 2000 - Mörderischer Niederrhein , Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg, ISBN 978-3-87463-413-7
• 2000 - The shadows only sleep , Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-89425-244-1
• 2002 - Eyewitnesses , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-23281-7
• 2004 - Die Schanz , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-23280-0
• 2006 - Gnadenthal , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-24001-0
• 2006 - Jenseits von Uedem (audio book, read by Vlad Chiriac ), Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-86667-026-6
• 2007 - Murderous Lower Rhine. A detective travel guide to the crime scenes , 2nd, revised edition, Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg, ISBN 978-3-87463-413-7
• 2007 - Die Burg , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-24199-4
• 2007 - Ackermann cooks. Murderous recipes from the Trio Criminale , Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg, ISBN 978-3-87463-416-8
• 2009 - Kesseltreiben , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-24949-5
• 2011 - Totenacker , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-25525-0
• 2011 - Lavendel gegen Ameisen Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-25836-7 (the first part was published late in terms of content)
• 2012 - Grenzgänger Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-25841-1 (content of the 2nd part, published late)
• 2013 - Spießgesellen Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-25984-5 .

Hiltrud Leenders:

• 2018 - Pfaffs Hof Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-27371-1

Web links

• Literature by Hiltrud Leenders in the catalog of the German National Library
• Information from the Rowohlt publishing house
• Information from the Mercator publishing house
• Information from Grafit-Verlag

Footnotes

1. ↑ Hiltrud Leenders died . In: Rheinische Post, August 4, 2018.
2. ↑ Artur Leenders has died . In: Rheinische Post, March 29, 2020.