Namenlos
Nicht mehr zuständig
A psychological thriller about grief and obsession.
Markus Weber has lost everything: his wife, his work, his footing. When his caseworker at the Jobcenter disappears overnight, he is told she is on holiday. Nobody is looking for her. So he looks.
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A woman disappears. A public office says nothing. And the only man looking for her does not know what he does at night.
Markus Weber has lost everything: his wife, his work, his footing. What is left is one sentence, repeated to him by every letter from the office: nicht mehr zuständig (no longer responsible).
When Andrea, his caseworker at the Jobcenter, disappears overnight, he is told she is on holiday. Nobody is looking for her. So he looks.
But the closer he comes to the truth, the more hours go missing. Routes he must have walked. Wounds he cannot explain. And on his phone there is a voice recording, four minutes and nine seconds long, that he has not dared to play since the first day. The voice on it is his own. He has no idea what it says.
How far do you go for the only person who still sees you? And what if the most dangerous man in this story is the one whose name you carry?
The artefact — the dictaphone
Grey, barely bigger than a hand, all metal and screws, its counter reading 000. It comes from a shop with no name. First he dictates letters to a dead woman, then a stranger’s comings and goings, down to the minute. And in between, his own voice says things he does not remember saying.
Not every artefact sits in a display case. Some you carry in your pocket: Namenlos.