A gruesome discovery in a meat cooler, a dead body on the banks of the Rhine during the carnival days, and a mysterious passenger whose secret is uncovered by a taxi driver - high tension in German! Three exciting German short crime stories for beginners. The reading material is didactically prepared with about 40 text-related exercises that primarily focus on grammar for level A1 (beginners). Particularly user-friendly due to a modern layout, vocabulary boxes directly on the page, and a glossary, as well as detailed information boxes on language, grammar, and cultural studies.