Praise for Murder Mindfully
Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation
A BookPage Top 10 Book of the Month
“Outrageously hilarious and wickedly brilliant.”
—BookTrib
“Wickedly funny, delightfully charming . . . a joy to read from start to end. Take a deep breath and get ready to laugh your way through this propulsive murder mystery. Headspace meets Dexter.”
—Nina Simon, New York Times bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night
“Takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions.”
—The Denver Post
“Brutal but hilarious . . . Takes down the wellness industry while sending up the legal profession. Watching a worm turn—into a vengeful monster—has never been such fun.”
—The Times (UK)
“There surely couldn’t be a more ‘arresting’ start to your new year of reading than to indulge in the sheer comic joy of Murder Mindfully, German lawyer and debut novelist Karsten Dusse’s dark and sublimely entertaining crime romp . . . Murder Mindfully is a triumph of twisted storytelling “
—Lancashire Post
“A razor-sharp satire on stressed-out modern society, a darkly comic and hugely entertaining crime thriller and—believe it or not—also a handy guide to improving your life through mindfulness.“
—Robbie Morrison, author of Edge of the Grave
“A violent, feel-good rampage of a book where the pace and positivity never let up. Twisted and hilarious!”
—Callum McSorley, author of Squeaky Clean
“[A] marvelously rich joke.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“Although both are delightful, I must confess that I prefer the book [to the show], primarily for its hilariously convoluted rationalizations on the part of the first-person narrator, Björn, vis-a-vis his newfound hobby: killing people.”
—BookPage, Starred Review
“Dusse pairs brisk plotting with a sardonic send-up of self-help culture, keeping the suspense taut while supplying plenty of laughs. The result is an inventive, endlessly surprising comic thriller.”
—Publishers Weekly
“As hilarious as it is horrifying, this crime novel is frankly like no other.”
—First Clue Reviews
“Dusse’s darkly humorous book is perfect for readers looking for an Office Space meets Dexter-style romp . . . It is easy to see why this German import has already been turned into a Netflix show.”
—Booklist
“Despite all the frightening vibes about human nature that the novel emits, I must say that if there’s any unambiguous justice in our screwed-up, upside-down world, Murder Mindfully should sell about a trillion copies.”
—Bookreporter
“Oh, this book is funny. Credit where it’s due: Florian Duijsens’s translation is seamless . . . Each chapter opens with genuine guidance framed by whatever Björn is about to do. Björn then takes that earnest advice and applies it to the most horrific circumstances imaginable. The joke is not that mindfulness is foolish. The joke is that it functions.”
—Judicial Junkie
“Delightful.”
—CrimeReads
“Darkly funny, oddly charming, and surprisingly addictive. If you want something lighter in tone but still murdery, this is your palate cleanser.”
—BiblioLifestyle
“You might think that the words murder and mindfully don’t go together, but in Karsten Dusse’s debut novel they do . . . entertaining and, believe it or not, thoughtful.”
—Marilyn’s Mystery Reads
