Once again a terrific cover and simply too little behind.

As last night's brand new radio play of the Drei ??? in so far 4 reviews came to 4.5 stars, I slammed. But must emphasize the weeks was the main incentive eigenlich already incurred by the wonderfully creepy-gloomy Cover.

Follow with lurid titles and creepy covers we had the last few years so many occasions. "The dead monk", "The Lair of the Beast", "City of the Vampires", "scary to Campbell Castle" or "demon of revenge", to name just a few.
Unfortunately, the expectations could not even be approximately respected in this regard, has haunted it there namely precious little.

And unfortunately also joins "The cloth of the dead" in these hard times quite interesting approaches a. Meanwhile, there appears to be mainly
To its sales tactics, to provide the consequences with lurid covers and folding-exciting texts, although the content this claim is not justified.

So could "The cloth of the dead" also easily "and the super-dog" or "and the prepared wooden box" can be called
- Because the title has with the content once again very little in common.

Action: The Three Investigators, one scientist and her team in a valley in finding on 12,000 year old prehistoric man genre. But suddenly the whole case developed completely different ...

The beginning is really succeeded: Justus, Peter and Bob walk through the idyllic nature and chat animatedly. Atmosphere and also at least slight tension coming on. But when you get used to the setting and the mood in nature, there is an abrupt plot twists and suddenly determine the detectives back in town and at the harbor.
If you have become accustomed to the radio drama also continues a decent quality. The scenes in the warehouse and at the harbor
can convince an unknown quad driver makes the three hard to create ..

- But somehow too much loses the thread of the two storylines as they could not be more different.
After the episode was over, I lacked a clear vision, a clear handwriting, which I would remember long.

*** SPOILER WARNING *** Very well pity the offender and his accomplice are not taken at the end. We learn only that one is monitored. That's it.

For a little variety, some new musical passages care. But really addressed have not me this. The topic has been already criticized frequently enough: There is no music, the action, humor and tension support as in the original episodes and -before all Dingen- to match. I do not know why you have to accompany radio play scenes in a natural landscape with techno sounds from the mixer. That would be as if you suddenly play Beethoven at the disco.
It does not have great composer Carsten Bohn, but a few ambitious musicians on real instruments would give more quality and style to today's radio plays. - But then we would have to invest all of the million profit a few Euros.

CONCLUSION: "The cloth of the dead" fits seamlessly into the average quality of the Drei ??? one whose division unfortunately relatively most increases. Why here again awarded several 5 star thick, do not open up to me. Because there are at least 70 more episodes of the series significantly. Nevertheless, the result is worth listening to, in view of the great cover but will remain a disappointing aftertaste.

3 stars. Unfortunately, more are again not in it.