Review: Fremd by Ursula Poznanski & Arno Strobel

Title: Fremd
Authors: Ursula Poznanski & Arno Strobel
Published: October 30th 2015 
Date Read: January 8th - 14th 2016
Read In: German

„Ich sehe das Aufflackern der Eingangsbeleuchtung nur durch Zufall. Draußen ist Licht, wo keines sein sollte. Ich steige die Treppe herunter. Genau in dem Moment, in dem ich beginne, mir lächerlich vorzukommen, tritt ein Schatten aus dem Dunkel der Küche. Der Schrei, der aus mir heraus will, erstirbt auf halbem Weg.“

Ein Fremder steht plötzlich in Joannas Haus. Behauptet, ihr Lebensgefährte zu sein. Aber sie hat ihn noch nie gesehen.
Erik kommt abends nach Hause, zu seiner Joanna. Aber die erkennt ihn nicht. Glaubt, dass er ein Einbrecher ist. Und all seine Sachen sind aus dem Haus verschwunden.
Jemand treibt ein perfides Spiel. Ein Spiel, das sich bald als tödlich entpuppt...

This book is by two authors who write in german, so i'll sum that book up for you.



It's about a couple in Germany. The woman, named Joanna, is from Australia and currently lives in Germany with her fiancé, Erik. One evening, Joanna is minding her own business in her house, looking forward to reading the whole evening. She's in her bathroom when she hears some noise in the kitchen, so she goes down the stairs to check out where that noise came from. Pretty soon, she realizes there is someone in her house. But she lives alone, doesn't she...?

Erik on the other hand comes home that evening and notices that all of his stuff in his and Joannas house is gone. He's in the kitchen, when he hears Joanna coming down the stairs and goes to meet her in the livingroom. When she turns around and sees him, she's about to scream. She doesn't recognzie him at all, even though they've known each other for a whole year now and live together in this very house.

The beginning of this book looks like you're just going to explore why Joanna doesn't remember her own fiancé and why there is nothing left in their house that belongs to him. But in the end, it's about something different. I don't want to spoil too much, but someone in their lives is trying to kill them both but they don't know who and why. They have to trust each other to survive, but since Joanna doesn't remember Erik, it's hard for her to trust him. And even though Erik knows her with all his heart, he begins to loose his trust in her because she's trying to hurt herself and him.