Final Show

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Final Show / Final Show
Thriller
Who wants to live forever?
When Lucy takes a job as a social media consultant for the once-legendary rock band Crrowl, she knows there’ll be plenty of stress on the road, sleep deprivation, and controlled chaos. What she doesn’t expect is a band that harbours dark secrets. Crrowl was once the loudest, wildest, most dangerous rock band in Europe and had massive hits. But Crrowl’s mythic status isn’t based solely on music. Several band members died young and under peculiar circumstances that have never fully been...
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When Lucy takes a job as a social media consultant for the once-legendary rock band Crrowl, she knows there’ll be plenty of stress on the road, sleep deprivation, and controlled chaos. What she doesn’t expect is a band that harbours dark secrets. Crrowl was once the loudest, wildest, most dangerous rock band in Europe and had massive hits. But Crrowl’s mythic status isn’t based solely on music. Several band members died young and under peculiar circumstances that have never fully been explained. Were the mysterious deaths of their charismatic frontman Danny Krohl and acclaimed guitarist Ross Behne really accidents?

Not long after Lucy comes on board, another member of the band is found dead in his hotel room. Officially: an accident during a game of Russian roulette. Unofficially: murder. Lucy begins to ask questions, and as the musicians take to the stage night after night, it becomes increasingly clear that wnen it comes to Crrowl, nobody dies by chance.
2026, 268 pages
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Dirk Schmidt was born in 1964 and studied German literature and theatre, film, and television studies at Ruhr University Bochum. After an early phase as a scriptwriter, Schmidt worked for decades as a copywriter and creative director at various advertising agencies. He wrote his first works for the radio while at university, his first crime radio play in 1993, and his debut novel, Letzte Nacht in Queens, was published in 2003.
Dirk Schmidt was born in 1964 and studied German literature and theatre, film, and television studies at Ruhr University Bochum. After an early phase...

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