German writer Ferdinand von Schirach bases his short-story collection on actual crimes. His tightly wound nuggets aren’t for the squeamish. Case in point: a bit involving members of an eight-piece polka band accused of murder and hiding the body under their stage.
Torn between two lovers: movie night and nature? Take in the former on a blanket at the park or at an old-fashioned drive-in — and leave the hard questions for some other day.