Michael Bohm

Michael Böhm (* 1947 in Taunus ) is a German writer who writes crime novels and short stories .

Life

After training as a typesetter and his master craftsman examination, Michael Böhm initially worked for a few years as a trainer in his profession, but later turned to electronics and switched to data processing . Until he retired from work, he worked in a data center for the automotive industry.

Michael Böhm began to write in his youth. His short stories have been published in various anthologies . This was followed by two short novels, which appeared in 1998 in the so-called "Hirtmoor Chronicle". Other crime novels about the hobby detective Albert Kreitmayer followed.
Böhm's regional thrillers are set in and around his adopted home Dachau , where he has lived for more than forty years.

In April 2016 Michael Böhm was awarded the renowned Friedrich Glauser Prize for the best German detective novel for his work “Herr Petermann and the Triptych of Death” at the Criminale crime festival in Marburg .

Prices

• 2016 Friedrich Glauser Prize

Fonts

• Hirtmoor Chronicle: Gregor or the hand of the professor. Georg or the white dove , Triga, Gelnhausen 1998, ISBN 3-931-55963-7 .
• Homer and the dead from Schloßberg , criminale TB, ISBN 3-935877-55-2 .
• Homer and a Friend from the Old Days , Criminal TB, ISBN 3-935877-29-3 .
• Mr Petermann's absolute desire for peace and quiet , Bookspot, Planegg 2013, ISBN 978-3-937357-80-5 .
• Mr. Petermann and the Triptych of Death , Bookspot, Planegg 2015, ISBN 978-3-956690-18-1 .
• Quo vadis, Mr. Petermann? , Bookspot, Planegg 2016, ISBN 978-3-95669-066-2 .
• Back in August . In: Unsolved: Mysterious criminal cases, literarily reopened. Jaschinski & Marley (eds.), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95441-315-7 .
• Dinner with Elch (with Dieter Hentzschel), Bookspot, Planegg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95669-108-9 .
• Have a nice, peaceful Christmas . In: Silent Night, Deadly Night . Petra and Uli Mattfeldt (eds.), Bookspot, Planegg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95669-118-8 .
• Dream at the end of the road Small gallery of immortal names , Bookspot, Planegg 2019, ISBN 978-3-95669-124-9 .
• The angry eyes of truth , Bookspot, Planegg 2020, ISBN 978-3-95669-133-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Böhm in the catalog of the German National Library
• Claudia Schuri: The murderer's thriller , Münchner Merkur, April 23, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Vita in the Krimi-Forum author database , krimi-forum.net, accessed on April 26, 2016
2. ^ Krimi-Preis for Michael Böhm , Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 25, 2016, accessed on April 26, 2016.