With 19 events in three weeks, ten different literary organizers offered a dense and varied program under the auspices of the Cultural Office and the Villa Clementine House of Literature. Krimimärz invited people to discuss exciting topics such as the dangers of cybercrime, the manipulative power of social media and psychosocially motivated relationship crimes. There was no shortage of humor either, as regional crime writers gave a satirical insight into the abysses of the Hessian state capital or bestselling author Eva Rossmann invited people to "Fine Dying".

To kick off the festival, this year's crime fiction scholarship holder Bernhard Aichner introduced himself in an author reading. On March 2, the Austrian bestselling author invited the audience on a murder hunt into the glittering world of social media stars with his thriller "Bildrauschen" and entered into conversation with Ulrich Noller. Swedish crime thriller star Arne Dahl brought Scandinavian flair to Wiesbaden when he read from "Silent Scream" on March 19. The novel is the first in a new series about Detective Inspector Eva Nyman, whose first case takes her into the milieu of climate terrorists.

The thriller "Fine Dying", which Austrian Eva Rossman served up to an interested crime thriller audience on March 20, was a culinary delight, while Sven Stricker, winner of the German Television Crime Thriller Award, returned to Wiesbaden to present his latest case "Sörensen sieht Land" at the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine on March 15. The novels about the peculiar detective chief inspector are being filmed with Bjarne Mädel in the leading role.

Big names from the regional crime fiction scene were represented in the "Wiesbadener KrimiMärz" program with Alexander Pfeiffer, Mara Pfeiffer and Susanne Kronenberg. In addition, the group of authors "Dostoyevsky's Heirs" presented a new staged reading on March 9 with "Swindles, Bribes, Sham Business" and made their usual humorous reference to current affairs.

True crime fans got their money's worth at a lecture by Kathrin Schwedler on March 10 and learned about Wiesbaden as a real-life scene of gruesome crimes. Theater fans were in good company at the improv crime thriller "Mord in Aussicht" on 17 March or "Leichenschmaus & Schwarze Katzen" on 23 March at the Theater im Palast, while budding crime writers were also catered for at two writing workshops at the Wiesbaden Adult Education Center.

In addition to the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine, other venues included the Kulturstätte Monta, the Polizeipräsidium Westhessen, the Villa Schnitzler and the Theater im Palast.