G.Z. Schmidt Bücher

Kann man die Vergangenheit ändern? G. Z. Schmidts magisches Zeitreise-Abenteuer – ein atmosphärischer, zum Mitfiebern spannender Schmöker für alle, die fantastische Geschichten lieben Ein magisches Versprechen stellt Adams Welt auf den Kopf. „Dir stehen fantastische Dinge bevor“, prophezeit ihm ein mysteriöser Mann, kurz bevor Adam auf dem Dachboden eine verstaubte Schneekugel findet. Als er sie schüttelt, geschieht Unfassbares: Adam reist in der Zeit zurück! Mal ist es 1922, dann 1935, ein andermal 1967. Nach und nach stellt Adam eine Verbindung zwischen den Zielen seiner Zeitreisen her. Sie alle scheinen mit einer alten Legende zu tun zu haben: Drei magische Gegenstände machen es möglich, Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft zu beeinflussen. Einer davon ist Adams Schneekugel. Nun ist es an ihm, die beiden anderen Gegenstände zu finden – bevor sie in die Hände gefährlicher Gegenspieler fallen.

The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident.When six-year-old Beatrice Willoughby vanished at the Amadeuses’ annual All Hallows Eve party, people in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore were quick to They were always odd. Their house is full of dark magic. And when Mort Amadeus was pegged for the crime, the Amadeuses, once the center of society, retreated. They closed their doors, disappeared from life. People almost forgot. Until thirteen years later, when six envelopes land at the doorstep of six households in We cordially invite you to a celebration on the 31st of October this Saturday evening at the Amadeus household.So begins the mystery of who was really responsible for the missing girl thirteen years ago. Was it Duchess von Pelt, whose face no one has ever seen? Mrs. Raven, the keeper of the local inn? Wormwood, the Amadeuses’ mysterious caretaker? Dr. Foozle, the town pharmacist? Count Baines, who seems to know when unlucky things are about to happen? Judge Ophelius, who presided over Beatrice’s case originally? Mr. and Mrs. H, a couple who no one can ever quite remember? Or somehow, might precocious, eleven-year-old Dewey and his storytelling dad, Chaucer, be somehow mixed up in all this?The guests must work together to identify the guilty party among them over the course of the evening—but beware the ticking clock, because at midnight, everything is going to change! Told from different perspectives, this is a sly, darkly funny mystery. Filled with strange characters and set in a mansion deep, deep in the woods. G. Z. Schmidt has crafted an unforgettable puzzle, perfect for reading on a dark autumn night.