Repent

When Munich businessman Ben Biller receives a mysterious note on his thirty-eighth birthday demanding that he repent for his sins by committing suicide, he dismisses it as a cruel joke. But when his life begins to unravel—he loses his dog, his girlfriend, his job, and his house in quick succession—he suspects that it’s more than a joke: someone is attempting to systematically destroy him.

Desperate and alienated, he turns to Annelie, his old flame. In the midst of his despair, he realizes that with her, he could rebuild his life again. But just as he sees the light at the end of the tunnel, he discovers that his tormenter isn’t done with him yet. Will he discover who is behind the plot before the psychopath’s suggestion of suicide turns to murder?

Born in 1973, Lisa Fink grew up near Munich, where she still lives today. After secondary school, she began master’s studies in German philology, with minors in psychology and philosophy. Today she works as a full-time department head. In her spare time, she is a passionate reader of books of all genres. Since her youth, Lisa has grappled with intense emotional and psychological themes in her writing—first in short stories and, in the last several years, novels. This has given birth to compelling crime novels and thrillers that give insight into both the emotions and thoughts of criminals and, conversely, characters who will do anything to fight evil. Repent is her English debut.