Der Schattengänger

"Der Schattengänger" continues Monika Feth's popular series of German YA summer thrillers centered on Jette, a young woman repeatedly caught up in dangerous events around her. As with the other books in the cycle, the story unfolds during the summer months and shifts between the perspectives of victim, perpetrator, and investigator, building tension through a slowly tightening net around a predator stalking young women in Jette's circle.

Feth's novels in this series are known for their psychological approach to the killer's perspective rather than pure procedural mechanics, exploring what drives a person to violence alongside the fear and resourcefulness of the women targeted. "Der Schattengänger" is the fourth installment of the "Erdbeerpflücker" series, published in 2009.