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Maritime police officer with a garden and time to cook: Seraina Kobler talks about her new book «Nachtschein».
In her latest crime novel «Nachtschein», the Swiss writer Seraina Kobler lets Rosa Zambrano solve her second case. The crime takes place on a cold November night. During the extinguishing work, the maritime police officer finds the charred corpse of a young woman. It is the daughter of a well-known architect. The mysterious case occupies the entire team of Rosa Zembrano.
With the fictional character of the inspector, Seraina Kobler can escape into her own world. “Rosa Zambrano got some of my longings. My longing is the garden, which I don’t have myself, and she has a lot more time to cook than I do.”
Rosa Zambrano got some longings from me.
After studying linguistics and cultural studies, Seraina Kobler worked as a journalist for several years. In 2017 she became self-employed and decided to write a novel. In the “G&G” talk with Jennifer Bosshard, she reveals that at the time she felt she had to write a book once in her life. She sent the first text to a publisher while she was still in bed after the birth of her youngest daughter.
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Seraina Kobler in the Bernhard matinee on May 14, 2023
Image: Christian Lanz
«Nachtschein» is the second part
“Tiefes, Dunkels Blau” marks the beginning of the book series. In the first part of the crime series, the sea police officer Rosa Zambrano has to solve a murder. For Seraina Kobler, however, the book series mean more than exciting stories. With them she expresses her love for the city of Zurich.
In her life she has rarely traveled and only knows cities like Rome, Paris and London from books. When she asked herself the question of which world she wanted her stories to take place in, she chose the city she knew down to the smallest detail. The location on the lake also makes Zurich an attractive location.