Murder Mindfully

As hilarious as it is horrifying, this crime novel is frankly like no other. Separated from his wife—and with visits to his pre-school daughter far too infrequent—criminal-defense lawyer Björn Diemel has only one option: to clean up his work-life balance. It’s his wife who recommended he take up mindfulness. And while initially he’d rather run in the opposite direction, Björn gradually finds himself seduced by the writings and teaching of mindfulness master Joschka Breitner. (“Mindfulness means being available to your own needs. Anytime you are available to others stands in the way of this mindfulness,” says Breitner.) As Björn rises in his organization, leaving a number of corpses in his wake, he finally understands what’s important in life. And there is nothing that will get in his way to stop it. Also available on Netflix as an eight-part series.