Stream of Ember

Crime Novel

  • Water shortage in the Vogelsberg: When drought threatens humans and animals and protest ends fatally ...
  • A feast for fans: In the 8th crime novel of the bestseller series, Julia Durant, the cult detective of Andreas Franz and Daniel Holbe, is also actively involved!
  • Total circulation of the Kaufmann/Angersbach thrillers: almost 400,000 copies

A new case for Kaufmann & Angersbach - AND surprise guest Julia Durant

 

The groundwater in the Vogelsberg region of Hesse is decreasing drastically, drought is threatening nature and the people who live off it. Finally, local business owners start a citizens' initiative to set an example: They want to secretly dye the water in Frankfurt's reservoir with food coloring so that it flows out of consumers' pipes red as blood.

However, especially the younger activists don't think the action is media-effective enough. When fierce disputes arise within the group, one of the initiators decides to implement the original plan on his own. Shortly afterwards, he is found beaten to death in the Nidda. And the water is blood red ...

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 01.02.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-52928-7
  • 384 Pages
  • Series: Ein Sabine-Kaufmann-Krimi
  • Authors: Daniel HolbeBen Tomasson
Stream of Ember
Daniel Holbe Ben Tomasson Stream of Ember
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Daniel Holbe

Daniel Holbe, born 1976, lives with his family in Wetterau, not far from Frankfurt. Holbe, an avid reader, has been particularly fascinated by mysteries set in and around Frankfurt and the state of Hesse for some time.

B. Tomasson
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Ben Tomasson

Ben Tomasson, born in 1969 in Bremerhaven, is a German philologist and educator with a doctorate in psychology. His passion is stories that are written by life, the multilayer inner world of humans and the rugged landscape between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Tomasson lives and works in Kiel, right next to the ferry upon which you wake up in the morning in the middle of the unique Gothenburg archipelago after a relaxed night’s sleep at sea. Ben Tomasson is the author of the Sylt crime series about Kari Blom, and is Daniel Holbe’s co-author.