IN BRIEF Jürgen Banscherus Die Warnung (The Warning) Arena Verlag August 2005, 256 pp. ISBN 3-401-05595-X A fast-moving thriller, beginning with the finding of a severed hand, and ending with the kidnap and impending murder of the protagonist’s mother. Gruesome killings, the darker underbelly of a religious sect, a touch of romance and a sympathetic fourteen-year-old investigator make for a gripping teenage read by a wellknown writer of young adult fiction. Jürgen Banscherus is one of Germany’s most renowned authors of children’s and young adults’ literature. His books have won numerous awards, including the Emil Kinderkrimi Prize and the Bad Harzburger Prize for Young Adults’ Fiction, and his works have been translated into eleven languages to date. He lives in Witten, Germany. Translation rights available from Arena Verlag Tel: +49 931 7964413 Email: Daniela.Steiner@arena-verlag.de Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany