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A Mindful Murder Novel Series

Karsten Dusse
Shady lawyer Björn Diemel puts the “meditate” in “premeditated” as he uses mindfulness techniques to build and manage a burgeoning criminal empire.
My Inner Child Wants to Kill by Karsten Dusse
Coming soon (08-04-26)

My Inner Child Wants to Kill

Book 2
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A Mindful Murder Novel Series : Titles in Order

Book 2
A shady lawyer puts the “meditate” in “premeditated” as he searches for inner peace with blood on his hands the darkly funny and shocking follow-up to Murder Mindfully, now an original series streaming on Netflix.

Björn Diemel, once an overworked defense lawyer for very nasty organized criminals, has mastered the principles of mindfulness, and he only had to kill a couple of people to pull it off. Now, running his own practice, spending more time with his daughter, and arguing less with his wife, he should be sitting pretty, but he keeps losing his cool—with deadly results.

Why can’t Björn just enjoy his new mindful life? Does it have something to do with the mafia boss he has locked up in the basement of his daughter’s preschool? Or is his wounded inner child to blame?

Over the course of one outrageous week, Björn and his inner child confront overzealous helicopter moms, hypocritical startup bros, and mysterious blackmailers as they race to solve all their problems at once before the criminal empire Björn has built for himself comes crumbling down.
Book 1
In this zen and zany crime debut, a shady lawyer transforms his life through mindfulness—and uses his newfound techniques to kill his way to the top. Original series now streaming on Netflix.

Criminal defense lawyer Björn Diemel has been given an ultimatum: repair his work-life balance, or his wife will leave him—and take their daughter.

He reluctantly starts a mindfulness course, and to his surprise, it’s a revelation. He becomes calmer, happier, and more focused as he starts to understand what’s really important in life. When his worst client, brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz, tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn discovers that even murder can be a mindfulness exercise to protect his peace.

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