The program ranged from crime fiction readings and theater evenings to workshops. To kick off the festival, the 2026 Wiesbaden Crime Fiction Fellow and multi-award-winning author Sven Stricker presented his new crime novel "Sörensen geht aufs Haus" on Tuesday, March 3, at the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine and spoke with journalist Gesa Ufer about his work as a writer, screenwriter, and radio director. Sven Stricker has become known to a wide audience primarily as the creator of six novels featuring Inspector Sörensen, who investigates cases in Katenbüll, North Frisia. 

The Literaturhaus also hosted Andreas Izquierdo on March 5 with his amusing crime novel "Über die Toten nur Gutes" and Anna Schneider on March 10 with her new crime novel from her "Grenzfall" series. Among the highlights at the Literaturhaus was a reading by three-time winner of the German Crime Fiction Award, Andreas Pflüger. He presented his latest book, "Kälter," for which he was recently honored, in which he once again delves into the abysmal world of intelligence agencies. Things got just as political as they were thrilling when, on March 26, Munich-based author Susanne Kaiser presented her crime fiction debut, "Riot Girl," about a group of radical feminist activists.