Ursula Reist: 6 books

A nameless male corpse, the victim of foul play, is discovered in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Aarau and poses an immediate conundrum for Aargau’s Cantonal Police. But even after they pin down the dead man’s identity a long ten days later, the ensuing hunt for his killer nearly...

Nick Baumgarten, deputy chief of CID in the Aargau cantonal police, faces a huge challenge: the CEO of the local casino was stabbed to death, and there are absolutely no leads. Neither the dead man's wife nor his best friend have any idea where to look for the killer. It is only when the body of a woman...

Nick Baumgarten’s team, at full complement again with Pino Beltrametti on board, sees itself confronted with the violent death of a professor. As usual, the investigators are called on to struggle on several fronts at once: the campus of the Brugg-Windisch University of Applied Sciences, where they...

On a brilliant summer's day, a wedding is celebrated at Wildegg Castle that all those in attendance had been joyously anticipating. The next morning, however, brings a rude awakening, when a female corpse is discovered at the foot of the castle rock's north face. Not only this mysterious death, but...

Gion Matossi, a Tax Authority middle manager, is found shot in the elevator of his office building. Nick Baumgarten of the Aargau cantonal police needs answers to all sorts of questions: Was it really suicide? Is the motive to be found in Matossi's private environment, or is tax fraud an issue? And what...

Nick Baumgarten's private life is back on track, but the violent death of an Aargau author presents him with a hard nut to crack. For one, there is the gruff, taciturn veterinarian the dead man lived with, happily it seems, but whose alibi is extremely shaky. Then Baumgarten has the Aargau Cultural Commission...