Der Sommerfänger

"Der Sommerfänger" is the fifth entry in Monika Feth's long-running German YA thriller series built around Jette, a young woman whose summers repeatedly bring her into contact with violent crime. True to the series' formula, the novel alternates between the perspective of the perpetrator and that of the young women in danger, building suspense through the gradual convergence of both threads.

Published in 2011, "Der Sommerfänger" continues the cycle's approach of treating its antagonists with psychological depth rather than reducing them to simple villains, a hallmark that has made the series one of the best-known German YA thriller franchises of its kind.