Craig Russell, also known by the pseudonym Christopher Galt,[1] is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and author of The Devil Aspect.

In June 2007, Russell was shortlisted for the £20,000 CWA Gold Dagger, the world's largest literary prize for crime fiction.

[3] His novel Dead Men and Broken Hearts was a finalist for both 2012 inaugural Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year Award[4] and the 2013 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger.

Fabel, whose rank is that of Erster Kriminalhauptkommissar (Principal Chief Commissar), is the head of the Mordkommission (Murder Squad) of the Hamburg Police.

A fifth is currently in production[15][16] for German public broadcaster ARD: In all five films, the lead title of Jan Fabel has been played by Peter Lohmeyer.