I am not a murderer. I strangled the taxi driver in pure self-defense. A small dealer of Formula 1 fan merchandise insists he was wrongfully convicted of murder. He has discovered why a half dozen Formula 1 drivers had to die in plane crashes in the 1970s. He knows the true identity of Niki Lauda. And he has uncovered a secret about Michael Schumacher that no one wants to acknowledge. He is not bothered by the fact that Michael Schumacher entered Formula 1 as a result of a crime. He is only upset that he himself is supposed to spend 15 years in prison for it. With his Brenner novels, Wolf Haas became the most-read German-language crime author. However, a devoted fan base is convinced that his true masterpiece is the astonishing documentary crime novel "Ausgebremst," filled with manic attention to detail.