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If you can't put it down at a glance, I recommend five novels by Wensel:
Bomb 1: cold steel [serial end]
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Bomb No.2: Millennium Orchid [Serial End]
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Bomb 3: The Rise of Tequila [Synchronous Serial]
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Bomb 4: White Dwarf [Synchronous Serial]
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Fifth place: Daughter of Darkness [Synchronous Serial]
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Xinhua Bookstore sells five books, and the pleasure of reading is absolutely guaranteed.
The author introduces:
Wensel, a German detective novelist, lives in Stuttgart, with Wensel as the protagonist and Wensel series of detective novels. Venzel is his pen name, but his real name is unknown.
catalogue
The origin of the pen name 1
1. 1 the secret of the pen name
1.2 Other doubts about the source of pen names
2 engineering list
2. 1 Wensel series of detective novels
2.2 Other contributions
3 Introduction of appearance characteristics
3. 1 series main roles
3.2 Series Other Roles
4 About Series
4. 1 series features
4. 1. 1 overall style
4. 1.2 Free Will City
4. 1.3 End of epitaph
4.2 Introduction of Series Articles
4.2. 1 Let the last ray of light dissipate.
4.2.2 Violin without strings
white dwarf
4.2.4 Daughter of Darkness (also known as Erinyes)
Cold Steel
4.2.6 Celastrus orbiculatus
4.2.7 Tequila is rising day by day.
5 references and notes
6 External links
The origin of pseudonym
The secret of pseudonym
The pseudonym "Wensel" itself contains multiple meanings:
Transliteration of Unser in German Unser Detektiv. Unser is a possessive pronoun in German, which means "ours". Our Detective-Here, the protagonist Wensel secretly belongs to the original detective role of China people.
Part of "Wensel [1]" in classical Chinese means "You, the reader, benefit (gain) from your articles (series of novels)".
The football team in my city, VfB Stuttgart, has a defender named Timo Wenzel, who has played for this team for more than ten years. A translation of the German surname Wensel is "Wensel [2]".
The author claimed, "There is still a mystery about myself hidden under this pen name, and only those who really know me can solve it." [Source Request].
Other questions about the source of pen names
Wensel is a typical German-speaking surname, but according to the background of this detective series, this name should appear as the name of the protagonist [3].
In addition, the main characters in the series (Wensel, Taffney, Handick and mosman) don't explain their surnames-in the series of articles, whenever it is necessary to explain their surnames, the author uses narrative techniques to avoid them. See the main roles in the series for details.
List of works
Wensel series detective novels
The cover of the first edition of Cold Steel (North Literature and Art Publishing House). The cover inscription "Heaven is forever imprisoned in our misery, but hell is lost in our paradise" is Lenggang's closing poem: this is also one of the characteristics of this series. As of June 5438+0, 2008, the representative works are as follows
2003-let the last ray of light dissipate (medium length), stringed violin (medium length)
2004-White Dwarf (Short Story) and Erinyes (Medium Story)
2005-Lenggang (Long)
2006-Longevity orchids (full length) and tequila rose (full length)
2007-White Dwarf (Dragon [4]) and Daughter of Darkness (Dragon [5])
Other contributions
Wensel himself is also the founder and current editor-in-chief of the emerging online e-magazine Research on Inferential Terror (tky for short), and has written many articles for the magazine, including
Angels so close to hell (February 2006)
From fear of corpses to necrophilia (April 2006)
Full Realistic Romanticism —— Wensel on the creation of detective novels (July 2006).
Mass hysteria (September 2006)
Kausel's Immortal Love (No.165438+20061October)
Touch you with fingerprints (No.65438 +2007 10)
The previous life of Messiah vol.1(March 2007).
There are also some film reviews about the reasoning of horror themes.
Introduction of appearance characteristics
Series main role
Wensel (surname unknown), the protagonist of the whole series, is famous for the cool reasoning of private detectives in Free Will. I worked as an agent in the police station of Free Will City 1 1. 1992 [7] resigned in March because of dissatisfaction with bureaucracy and power supervision mode that relies entirely on public opinion. And because of an unexpected reward, I was able to realize my wish to set up an independent detective agency. Wensel only smokes Marlboro cigarettes (Marlboro is usually used in novels), so he is a heavy smoker. The second foreign language I learned in middle school is Latin, and I can speak Chinese. Pay attention to current events, usually look at free will, but let the assistant pre-select the literary fashion edition [10] to save time. A study on wine and European history. My favorite cocktail is mojito, but I can't mix the wine myself [1 1].
Taphne (current surname unknown) was raised by her aunt Mertel after her parents died in an air crash (possibly inaccurate) [12]. I graduated from the Business School of Free Will University, but chose to be a detective assistant. The reason is unknown. She is You Liya's successor (Wensel's assistant before going to South Africa), but she can't be You Liya's reliable helper-in fact, Taffney's daily work is mostly to record inquiries, organize files, be responsible for contact and conclude cases. However, she is obviously dissatisfied with this situation, and often tries to investigate cases independently: even if the results are mostly frustrating and often get into trouble, Wensel always gives maximum help in a way consistent with the behavior of the hardcore protagonist. The relationship between them has been warming up since the explosion of detective agency in 2003 [13]. My hobbies are shopping, having afternoon tea with Amy and watching the series produced by Free Will (usually broadcast by FW5).
Handick (whose surname is unknown at present) is a good friend of Wensel and a colleague when he worked in the police station 1 1. Rantik is an honest man, and he tries to act tactfully. He tried to protect himself in all the official duties of the police station, always worried about getting into trouble (this is also a common feature of senior agents of free will, but there are exceptions). However, I can't simply refuse the demands made by my good friend Wensel because of the need of investigation. High-level officials of the General Administration often take advantage of the friendship between Handick and Wensel to secretly push difficult cases to the departments under the jurisdiction of Handick of the 1 1 sub-bureau, and Handick is willing to entrust these cases to Wensel: most of these cases can be solved smoothly (at least in a way that satisfies the high-level officials of the General Administration), and Handick has been paid attention to by the sub-bureau and promoted many times. At present, he is the chief of the criminal section of the eleventh branch, divorced, and likes to collect precious wines.
Mosman (surname unknown at present) is a good friend of Wensel. In the novel, as a regular consultant of the detective agency, he is responsible for investigating all kinds of information related to the cases involved. During my college years, I have demonstrated my talent in hacking. I used to serve in the army, and I was good at writing Trojan horses and worms. Unemployed, living alone and slovenly, it is a typical image of an older otaku. As Aunt Wody's youngest child, he is often troubled by his mother's warm visit (because he feels that he has grown up, and his mother obviously treats him as a child). Like most otaku, mosman seldom goes out. Although there is no excessive social phobia, there are still some problems in communication with women: however, for familiar friends, his performance is quite normal, and he is even willing to go out to attend a friend's party held at Wensel's home. I like sweets.
In the first work of Cold Weapons series, Inspector Hans, repeatedly mentioned by Hans Muscarine in various witness testimonies, delivered a mysterious invitation letter to the protagonist at the end of the article, which officially appeared in the series. He often appears in the preface or the end of the series-in the preface, it shows that this article is related to the secret organization "NEVES"; Finally, I prefer to chat in the bar, explaining what puzzles the detective in the case that should have been closed, and even subverts all the previous conclusions in one fell swoop. Hans has excellent conversation skills. He is good at capturing each other's ideas and giving appropriate responses at appropriate times. He also knows how to avoid sensitive issues skillfully and choose the best time to change the subject. He tends to be a kind old man in speech and manners. Wensel is at a disadvantage every time he competes with Hans.
Amy (whose surname is unknown at present) is a well-known 9 o'clock news anchor on FW TV (sometimes on location) and a close friend of Taffney. They have been friends since college. Even though they are busy at work, they still have their own tea time. Besides meeting each other, Amy often chats with Taffney in various ways (telephone, mobile phone, icq and even code words when broadcasting news directly). Amy is smart, sociable and observant, but she is sincere and selfless to her friends. In favor of Taffney dating Wensel.
Carl neuner is an outstanding black detective in the General Administration. He likes to compete with Wensel in cases, but unfortunately he is always less careful than Wensel. Recently, there are signs of being bought by the "anti-seven"
Before the case of Old Jim, Sig Epel (whose surname is unknown at present) had a short cooperation with Wensel, and he was a funny and pragmatic old detective with a beard.
For the religious significance of "NEVES", please refer to Seven Virtues and Seven Deadly Sins.
Other roles in the series
The Duke of Copenhagen, nicknamed or titled, appeared at the end of the first season of Daughter of Darkness. He is a giant with a height of more than two meters. He was once the head of the Priory of Virtue in Free Will. For some reason, Hans was attracted to join the virtue monastery.
Priscilla (surname unknown), a member of the Anti-Seven Movement, is said to be the most senior member of the Anti-Seven Movement at present. She appeared in the first series "Daughter of Darkness", and her specialty seems to be archaeological knowledge and imitation of cultural relics. For some reason, Hans was attracted to join the virtue monastery.
Annelore of Heisenberg (whose surname is unknown in English translation) is an alias, an active figure in the first series of White Dwarf and Daughter of Darkness, and a French and astronomy teacher of Holdfield. Although he seems to be dead at the end of the white dwarf, there are quite a few signs that he is still alive.
Hodfeen (English translation unknown) is an introverted 13-year-old girl, an orphan and a character in the first season of White Dwarf.
Gao Qiao, the owner of Fantine nightclub in Eucalyptus, was originally from Osaka, Japan, and was a character in the first episode of White Dwarf.
Felmy Maureen (whose English translation is unknown), former vice-chairman of the Free Will City Trade Union, is a character in the first season of White Dwarf.
Shanida Stein (whose English translation is unknown) is a speculator, a candidate for parliament, and a role in the first series of White Dwarf.
Grace edmonds (whose English translation is unknown) is one of the senior staff of Fantine Nightclub and a friend of Gaucho Euchari. The role of white dwarf in the first episode.
The security guard at the Fantine nightclub of the Les brothers may be Spanish. The role of white dwarf in the first episode.
Professor Griffin Pross, a mysterious tall man, is knowledgeable. Appearing in the first season of White Dwarf and Daughter of Darkness, he was set as an encyclopedic figure and was a member of the "anti-seven schools". He is known to be proficient in ancient firearms and ukiyo-e paintings.
Dr Jeter nagel, MD (English surname unknown), is a character in the first season of Millennium Orchid.
John Baines (whose English translation is unknown) is a famous bartender and a character in the first series The Rise of Tequila.
Bartender Sears Donado was a character in the first episode of The Rise of Tequila.
August Donado, postman, the role in the first season of The Rise of Tequila.
Lucius hessel's wife Emma hessel (whose English translation is unknown) likes to drink Free Cuba, which is the character in the first series of "The Rise of Tequila".
Lucius hessel (whose English translation is unknown), formerly known as Ingo, may be a member of the "Anti-Seven Movement" and a character in the first series "The Rise of Tequila".
Heiner (whose English translation is unknown) is from the wine industry. He runs a winery with two friends and plays a role in the first part of the tequila rise series.
Prassman (whose English translation is unknown) is one of Heiner's two friends who run a winery, and is a character in the first series of The Rise of Tequila.
Crewe (whose English translation is unknown) is one of Heiner's two friends who run a winery, and is a character in the first series of The Rise of Tequila.
Jason Blanche (whose English translation is unknown) is Sears Donado's German girlfriend, the role in the first season "The Rise of Tequila".
Detective Ross (English translation is unknown), the role in the first series "The Rise of Tequila".
Aunt Whitty, Mosman's mother-this name is a combination of the nickname Whitty and the English word wit, which means wit.
Inges (English translation unknown) handwriting expert, the role of tequila in the first series rose.
About series
Series characteristics
Overall style
The protagonist of Wensel's detective series formally follows raymond chandler's setting of private detectives, but actually subverts the detective image of the "justice messenger" in the past, which is more in line with the characteristics of a real person: detectives are not omnipotent, on the contrary, they are often knocked down; No matter how strict the logic is, there will be unpredictable mistakes due to the limitations of clues and investigations at hand: some of these mistakes will be corrected by detectives in time, and some will not be discovered by the protagonist even at the end of the novel. Therefore, it is very common for real criminals to get away with it in novels-but because they don't simply exist as "the opposite of justice", the story tends to be more humanized. Even if there are such restrictions on detectives and criminals, considering the over-staged lines and plots, this series of novels should not be classified as social groups.
For the tricks advocated by Ben Gul, this series pays great attention to the importance of motivation in the setting of tricks. Even if the purpose of the crime comes from mental illness such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, it will be strictly explained in the article. The series is not particularly concerned about the gorgeous degree of the pattern, but more about the feasibility. So some tricks become very complicated in details.
The villains in Wensel series often get more pen and ink descriptions than the protagonists to interpret these "real sections of social people [14]". For the death scene in the novel, the author prefers to use meticulous and romantic brushwork, and often focuses on the apparent characteristics of the corpse (flowing blood, fracture, corruption, broken organs, torn skin and bullet holes) without covering it up-this combination of romanticism and naturalism constitutes the main tone of this paper.
In the aspect of dialogue, the popular stage play style lines in the golden age are adopted, and the dialogue is delicate and coherent [15]. Narrative skills are often realized through dialogue and scene changes. The first-person perspective and the third-person perspective frequently switch, flashbacks and interpolation often appear in articles, and the structure of each article is quite close.
Because several articles in this series involve a lot of contents related to history, religion, metaphysics, philosophy, art and the history of western literature, they contain obvious elements of "dazzling learning", or they can be classified as The Name of the Rose by umberto Eco or The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tai Caliso. In view of the differences between it and the classification of various mystery novels at present, it is not unreasonable to call this series "anti-mystery novels series" to some extent.
Free will city
Free will urban traffic zoning map, full map. The zoning map is based on the traffic zoning map of Stuttgart, and the logo of the free will transportation company "fct" is in the upper left corner of the map. A simplified version of this picture appeared in Lenggang (North Literature and Art Publishing House) in the form of black and white pages at the beginning of the book. As an overhead detective novel, Wensel series does not adopt the background setting of new formats such as sci-fi reasoning or thriller and paranormal reasoning. Although the city where the characters are located in the story is fictional, the city of free will is not much different from any big European city, except for some deliberately set features to distinguish it from reality.
End of epitaph
Each novel in this series ends with a few lines (2-3 lines, usually 2 lines) in the form of allegorical poems. Because the ends of the first three books in the first series are all epitaphs carved on tombstones, it is called epitaph ending. The allegorical poem at the end of the series is usually a summary of the full text, but it is also often a pity for the end-because most of the series stories have a strong tragic atmosphere, and the epitaph-like ending makes people feel heavy and can cause readers to reflect on the connotation of the article. The following series of epitaphs are listed:
Note: there are plots, endings or other related contents below, which may reduce the interest in enjoying the original work. This is to prevent the conspiracy from being exposed.
Cold steel (text)
Heaven always imprisons our suffering.
Hell is lost in our paradise.
Lenggang (Fanwai)
Three demons shouldn't die like that.
You've seen my label, my friend.
We'll meet again.
Long live the orchid
Immortality stands on the brink of death.
Dying life is crying.
The rise of tequila
Alcohol is best at confusing people.
Death is the most dramatic.
white dwarf
You know how to look up at the sky tonight.
Tomorrow morning the stars will know you exist.
Dark daughter
Hatred rejects God's righteousness.
Darkness will forget everything.
Related introduction of series articles
Let the last ray of light dissipate
This work is the first in a series of detective stories by Wensel. It was completed in February 2003 and greatly revised in the summer of 2006. It is planned to be revised at the end of August 2006. This article describes a strange murder case closely related to Spanish wine, which is a typical "storm villa" case. Although the police intervened in the middle, it didn't play much role.
String-less violin
This work is the second in Wensel's detective novel series, which was completed in 65438+February 2003. The author began to revise it substantially in the summer of 2006, and plans to complete the revision by the end of August 2006. In this case related to the famous violin Guanelli and Rembrandt's famous painting Reading Millavoy, Cheyenne Hartbar, a detective novelist in Free Will, made his debut.
white dwarf
This work is the third in Wensel's detective novel series. The first draft was completed in 2004, and the full text was only over 20,000 words. The author began to revise this article greatly in the summer of 2006 and finished it in July 2007. After rewriting, the full text of White Dwarf reached 200,000 words, only following the idea of the first draft, and the content was quite different from the first draft. "White Dwarf" mainly tells a serial murder case related to Colombian gangs and underworld forces in free will, and depicts a character named Heisenberg, who is both a gangster and a middle school astronomy/French teacher. Although Heisenberg was shot in Evian bar at the end of the novel, according to the author's postscript and attitude in the article, his life and death are still unknown. In the subsequent companion piece "The Daughter of Darkness", there is no clear explanation about her life and death. This work involves a lot of content related to sniper and mafia culture.
Daughter of darkness (aka Erinyes)
This work is the fourth in Wensel's detective novel series, which was completed in 2004. Long,140,000 words or so. As a companion piece of White Dwarf, this case continues the plot of the last case, mainly telling a mysterious card serial murder case that happened in the Colombian gang after the underworld was wiped out by the police.
Cold Steel
This work is the fifth in Wensel's detective novel series, which was completed in 2005 and published in Chinese mainland in May 2007 (Northern Literature and Art Publishing House). Long,140,000 words or so. This paper mainly tells a serial murder case between 1985 and 1992. Wensel appeared as the agent of branch 1 1, and explained the relationship of the main characters in advance. This is a prequel case.
Chinese cymbidium
This work is the sixth in Wensel's detective novel series, which was completed in 2006 and published in Chinese mainland in June 2007 (Northern Literature and Art Publishing House). Long,120,000 words or so. This paper skillfully adopts two-stage plot construction, the first half is plane reasoning, and the second half is transformed into field reasoning.
Tequila is rising day by day
This work is the seventh in Wensel's detective novel series, which was completed in 2006 and published in Chinese mainland in August 2007 (Northern Literature and Art Publishing House). Long, 1 1 ten thousand words or so. Also known as "murder at the reception", it is the author's first formal storm villa case.
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