If you love East Frisia as much as I do you’re either an East Frisian, or have a special relationship with this wonderful little place. The North Sea coast enchants everyone with its unique blend of sky, clouds, sandy beaches, seemingly endless dunes and an ever-changing coastline. A natural paradise as the Wadden Sea National Park with its rough landscape and the exceptional flora and fauna is found nowhere else in the world. So it’s no wonder that Jan de Fries came back to this harsh landscape to come to terms with himself. His marriage was not to the best and his job had him firmly in grip. What was intended as a professional time-out would soon become a new phase in the life of the former defense lawyer. And Greetsiel would be his new home.
However, it’s not always peaceful in quiet East Friesia. Immerse yourself in the world of Krummhörn and accompany Jan de Fries to Juist in pursuit of his first case to Juist. Take a trip to Sylt and meet lovable and quirky people in the small sea-side town of Greetsiel. On your journey you will experience many deja-vus and you will certainly see East Frisia from an entirely new perspective.
I wish you much pleasure reading in a beach chair or on the couch at home.
When former attorney Jan de Fries heads out fishing in the North Sea, he expects to return home with nothing but a fresh catch. He is shocked to find the body of a young woman in his fishing net instead of the shrimp he was trawling for. The police rule the death an unfortunate result of a boating accident, but Jan and the dead woman’s sister, Eva Ehrlich, come to a different conclusion: murder.
At first, Jan refrains from helping Eva in her investigation of the suspicious circumstances surrounding her sister’s death. Yet Eva’s beautiful blue-eyed charm soon convinces Jan to get involved, and when a second body is found in the harbor—a corpse marked by signs of violence—Jan starts to fear that he’s in over his head. Will he be able to stop a killer before more people meet a watery end?
The 4th case for Jan de Fries: At the moment when the signal rocket explodes with a sharp bang and the fog bank is covered in red light, former lawyer Jan de Fries knows that something is grossly wrong.
Two combined shellfish boats drift on the sea like ghost ships. When Jan climbs aboard together with his friends Uz and Onno, the cabin is waiting for them with a scene of horror. The fishermen of the two boats had probably met for a birthday celebration at sea. Now they are all dead. But then, who has fired the rocket just a few minutes before? It is clear immediately that the sailors have not died of any natural cause, and Jan is in the middle of a new investigation.
The next day, during their morning run along the dike, Jan and his dog are both victims of a targeted attack. Obviously someone wants to stifle any possible inquiries in the bud. It becomes clear that Jan is dealing with particularly dangerous opponents this time ...
The fifth case for Jan de Fries.
The romantic fishing village Greetsiel groans under the extremely hot temperatures, which during the so-called Hundstage also turn the drying beach of Upleward into an incubator. The "Schlickschlittenrennen" should be the highlight of this year's Watts Championship in Upleward. But when Jan de Fries' racing team Sirius finds the remains of a dismembered and burnt corpse in the middle of the river next to the race track, the happy Volksfest comes to a brutal end.
But there's more to come. The dead man in the watt is only the first victim of a bestial murderer. The second one is hanged to death right in front of the eyes of an entire summer night ball in Pewsum. Jan de Fries cannot believe it when the alleged perpetrator is presented, and thus determines to do his own investigation. Shortly, however, he finds himself at high risk.
The second case for Jan de Fries.
When former attorney Jan de Fries receives a call from his friend Uz in the middle of the night he gets a feeling that something's wrong at the Krumhörn. Immediately he goes to Pilsum where he stumbles, in the dark recesses of an exclusive club, into a gruesome scene: a man, half naked, hangs face-down from the ceiling. With an ugly hole in his head. He's helped out by the club's owner, a young lady who is in a rather troubled position herself: the police are about to arrest her - on charges of murder.
Jan's investigations steer him right into a series of brutal and deeply disturbing events, during which he is ultimately confronted with his own hidden fears. Then, one full moon night he's on the way to the twin mills of Greetsiel...
The third case for Jan de Fries.
East Frisia's romantic little fishing village Greetsiel groans with extreme temperatures while the so-called "Hundstage" turn the beach into an oven. The slick sleigh race is coming up – the undisputed pinnacle of this year's mud flat championship. But when the racing team around Jan de Fries discovers a corpse near the racing track, hacked to death and burnt, the cheerful festival comes to a brutal end.
When former attorney Jan de Fries heads out fishing in the North Sea, he expects to return home with nothing but a fresh catch. He is shocked to find the body of a young woman in his fishing net instead of the shrimp he was trawling for. The police rule the death an unfortunate result of a boating accident, but Jan and the dead woman’s sister, Eva Ehrlich, come to a different conclusion: murder.
At first, Jan refrains from helping Eva in her investigation of the suspicious circumstances surrounding her sister’s death. Yet Eva’s beautiful blue-eyed charm soon convinces Jan to get involved, and when a second body is found in the harbor—a corpse marked by signs of violence—Jan starts to fear that he’s in over his head. Will he be able to stop a killer before more people meet a watery end?
