Martin Suter
Allmen und der rosa Diamant

»Readers who are used to the (fast) scene changes of today’s thrillers and the (vast) amount of blood spilled, will be dismayed – just before they drop off - at the leisurely pace at which Johann Friedrich von Allmen conducts his investigations and Martin Suter tells the story. ›Allmen and the Pink Diamond‹ is a revival of the detective story from the golden age of travel.«Berliner Morgenpost

»Martin Suter tells the story of Allmen’s first and second cases in his trademark precise, sober sentences. [...] The second book is now proof that Allmen really is a suitable hero for a detective series. His risky game of bluff with status symbols has its own fascination, which Suter is skilled at playing on, as he has previously demonstrated in his popular Business Class column.«Basler Zeitung

»In Allmen the best selling Swiss author has created a hero in the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon detective. [...] The new Allmen case shows that Martin Suter is firmly following in the footsteps of Arthur Conan Doyle and his master sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.«Tagesanzeiger

»Martin Suter sets about his task with the sophistication that already marked his first Allmen novel (›Allmen and the Dragonflies‹). His language is spare. Spare, but not simple. Allmen’s world is captured in just a few words, in brief but very memorable strokes. [...] Perhaps Martin Suter is successful in his portrayals of ›high‹ society precisely because they reflect the spirit of the times in a unique way.«Focus

»If the impression has temporarily arisen that Suter has lost sight of the contract and settled down cosily into decadence with Allmen, in the end he demonstrates once more what it is that makes him a cut above the others: his competence as a story teller. This ranges from his sure touch in sketching his list of characters, which he keeps simple – the focus is on Allmen, and, to a lesser extent, Carlos. Everything flows. [...] What makes him and Carlos so attractive is their helplessness when confronted with evil. Of course both are clever and shrewd enough to get something out of it for themselves. And so it turns out to be a modern fairy tale.«Leipziger Volkszeitung

»Suter has never been so masterful, so satisfying. Let’s have more.«Berliner Morgenpost

»From the outset, a star!«Frankfurter Rundschau

»An exquisite pleasure. A clever paper chase of a whodunit. Suter tells the whole thing like a finely polished charade and evidently takes as much pleasure in the zigzags of the plot as does the reader of this hugely entertaining story.«Kölnische Rundschau

»Martin Suter has an unerring feel for composition and how to build up tension; his characters need say only two or three sentences, and already they jump right off the page.«Neue Zürcher Zeitung

»Only just created, and Martin Suter’s detective duo are already cult figures.«News

»Suter writes in the same nonchalant and ironically elegant way that Allmen lives his life. Johann Friedrich von Allmen is no ordinary detective, but a true Suter hero.«Tages-Anzeiger

»A soufflé of smugness and sentimentality, of thrills and deadly perils. A good read!«Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung