Rich Niklas von Schermann and his wife Vivian leave to Berlin on urgent business for a few days, so they have cleaning lady Marie Wagner mind his villa and troublesome mother, senile widow Greta, whose nurse Reisch just made a crippling fall. Taking to the old lady, Greta even cancels the weekend her cop husband Dirk booked and volunteers to stay after the agreed weekend. Niklas's firm and marriage going bust, Greta supports him and flirts, but also insists on uncovering Greta's dark family secret, which shocks Niklas.

Marie räumt auf

Asperger-patient Anthony Cahill can't stay in his trusted specialized seaside home Morningwood when his devoted father dies suddenly, leaving no trust fund, so his elder sister Lauren Cahill, who left home years ago to become an independent order photographer in Boston with little success, must take him in her small apartment. While smart, honest Tony soon endears himself to everyone, especially her neighbor-admirer, barista Stephan Great, who helps providing structured daily routine. Her ambition to gain notoriety in a competition for museum curator Jacob Abrahams, whose PA Yong Lim sabotages her. Things escalate when each sibling believes the other wrecked his life, but the truth proves more complicated.

Katie Fforde: Bruderherz

After her divorce, the Munich editor Gitti Kronlechner put her life on hold until, cheered on by a favorable constellation, she threw herself into a survival camp. Gitti surprised everyone with this courageous step. Mostly herself. So far she only knew Indoor Survival. The nature adventure shakes up Gitti's world view, especially since her Venus, as promised in the horoscope, is not in the fourth house for nothing.