In "Short and Criminal," you will meet not only familiar faces, like the 72-year-old hitwoman Betty over a cappuccino, Britta, the plastic bowl saleswoman with impressive sales figures, or the hairdresser Danielle, who also makes house calls at night, but also new main characters in murderously contemplative stories. For instance, for the 83-year-old Bonnie and Klaus, marriage and old age become a hellish experience, while Marlene discovers the books of Erich Maria Remarque and realizes that she urgently needs to change her life. Additionally, you will learn why crafting Advent calendars can have deadly consequences. The crime author Ingrid Schmitz sends murderous affectionate greetings to her readers with this selection from her more than fifty published crime short stories in various anthologies. There are also previously unpublished texts included.