Kim Hays

Kim Hays, a citizen of both Switzerland and the United States, has written four books in the Polizei Bern series featuring Swiss homicide detectives Linder and Donatelli. Hays grew up in San Juan and Vancouver and studied at Harvard and Berkeley. Thirty-six years ago, she moved to Bern, her Swiss husband’s hometown, where she worked as a cross-cultural coach for expatriates at multinational companies before becoming a mystery writer. The first Linder and Donatelli book, PESTICIDE (2022), was a finalist for the Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger Award and the Silver Falchion Award for Best Mystery. PESTICIDE was followed by SONS AND BROTHERS (2023), A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH (2024), a BookLife Editor’s Pick, and SPLINTERED JUSTICE (forthcoming April 2025).