The Night Owl
Published by Diogenes as Nachteule
Original Title: Nachteule

Luisa, 15, who was adopted from Peru as a baby, has a sheltered upbringing with affluent parents. She has a special gift: Luisa can see in the dark. When she encounters a young homeless man in the nearby woods, she takes him to her heart. Tim relies on her help and her willingness to conceal him, because he has every reason to remain invisible. Luisa’s gift turns her into an accomplice, entangling her in a web of lies and crime that becomes harder and harder to escape.

Contemporary Literature, Crime Fiction, Bestseller
304 pages
2025

978-3-257-07349-2
Ingrid
Noll

Ingrid Noll, born in Shanghai in 1935, studied German philology and art history in Bonn. She has three children and four grandchildren. After her children left home, she began writing crime stories, which all became instant bestsellers. In 2005 she received the ›Glauser Prize of Honour‹ for her oeuvre.

Photo: © Monika Werneke

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Frankfurter Rundschau

»Ingrid Noll proves that she hasn't lost any of her narrative strength.«

Rose-Maria Gropp
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»Equipped with a refined sense for irony, as a gift from an author with a command of the register of edginess to sarcasm.«