Die Hand an der Wiege

by Wolfgang Hohlbein, Amanda Silver

Der Roman zum gleichnamigen FilmIm Haus der Bartels herrscht Hochstimmung, hat Claire doch soeben ihr zweites Kind zur Welt gebracht. Da sie dennoch an ihrem Gartenhaus weiterarbeiten will, sucht sie ein Kindermädchen. Die junge Peyton, die wie eine Mischung aus Florence Nightingale und Mutter Teresa wirkt, bietet sich an und erhält den Job. Aber kaum dass das Kindermädchen sich im Haushalt unentbehrlich gemacht hat, kommt es zu immer neuen Zwischenfällen und kleinen Katastrophen. Mit jedem Tag lädt sich die Stimmung mehr auf - bis alle nur noch auf die große Explosion warten...

Genres: Thriller

362 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

Wolfgang Hohlbein is a German author of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband. She often comes up with the story ideas and therefore is generally credited as co-author. Their daughter, Rebecca, is also a writer.

Writing short stories since age 15, Hohlbein was first recognized as an author after sending in a manuscript he and his wife had written at a fantasy and science fiction writing contest in 1982. They won and their book, Märchenmond (English title: "Magic Moon"), was published by Ueberreuter Publishing, soon becoming a bestseller and winning several awards. It is one of their greatest successes till today.

Many of his more than 200 books are translated and published in many European countries as well as in South Korea. Yet for many years none of his works had been translated into English. In 2006, Magic Moon was translated into English and published in the United States.

Reviews

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

WOW!

1) Wolfgang Hohlbein writes thrillers too? Mad respect!
2) This somehow was a domestic thriller before domestic thrillers were a genre.

In many ways, this book was ahead of its time. Hohlbein does a great job writing from the female characters POV (granted, the book is told by an omniscient narrator, but very much in the head of the female characters). I liked how the ending was writing.