The German crime fiction series, based on novels of the same name, depicts former Chancellor Angela Merkel as an Agatha Christie-style small-town detective who solves crimes out of sheer boredom.

Like Merkel, Thalbach is 70 and from former East Germany. She says it wasn’t too hard to prepare for the role. “You could always see the burden of power in Merkel’s shoulders, how it weighed ...

In 'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective. BERLIN — Little is known about how Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel is spending her retirement, and ...

BERLIN — Little is known about how Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel is spending her retirement, and that seems to be the way she likes it. Thanks to a German crime fiction series ...

BERLIN — Little is known about how Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel is spending her retirement, and that seems to be the way she likes it. Thanks to a German crime fiction series adapted for ...

BERLIN — Little is known about how Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel is spending her retirement, and that seems to be the way she likes it. Thanks to a German crime fiction series ...

BERLIN — Little is known about how Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel is spending her retirement, and that seems to be the way she likes it. Thanks to a German crime fiction series ...