Death on the Beach, Anna Johannsen
Death on the Beach, Anna Johannsen
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Death on the Beach

Author: Anna Johannsen, Jozef van der Voort

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2020


Synopsis

A teenage girl is missing. Why don’t her parents care?A fourteen-year-old girl disappears on the small island of Föhr, and Detective Lena Lorenzen is called in to investigate. When the girl’s bloodied body is found on the beach with vicious wounds to the wrist, Lena immediately suspects that what’s been made to look like suicide was in fact a brutal and calculated murder.But the local residents—even the girl’s own parents—won’t cooperate with her investigation. The devoutly religious islanders are clearly hiding something. But what ungodly secret could possibly lead to the murder of an innocent teenage girl?Soon Lena realises that the isolated island holds darker secrets than she ever could have feared. In her toughest investigation yet, she must confront her own past if she is to catch the killer—before they strike again.

About Anna Johannsen

Anna Johannsen has lived in Northern Friesland since her childhood. She loves the landscape and the people of the region and is especially fond of the North Frisian islands that provide the setting for her Island Mystery novels starring DI Lena Lorenzen.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Luvtoread (Trying to catch up) on November 01, 2021

Very Good Detective Mystery Detective Lena Lorenzen is taking a few days vacation to stay with her boyfriend,when she receives a call from her superior to investigate a fourteen year old girl who went missing on an island village off the coast of Germany nearby where she is visiting. Lena is a dedica......more

Goodreads review by JEN A on May 04, 2020

I received an advance copy of this book from net galley and the publisher in return for an honest review. Release date for this book is 15 May 2020 Stylish thriller but had a typical ending. This novel is your basic mystery/thriller. The characters were mostly interesting but the story didn’t really......more

Goodreads review by Luvtoread (Trying to catch up) on November 03, 2021

Very Good Detective Mystery Detective Lena Lorenzen is taking a few days vacation to stay with her boyfriend,when she receives a call from her superior to investigate a fourteen year old girl who went missing on an island village off the coast of Germany nearby where she is visiting. Lena is a dedica......more

Goodreads review by JEN A on May 04, 2020

Stylish thriller but had a typical ending. This novel is your basic mystery/thriller. The characters were mostly interesting but the story didn’t really have any punch to it. I had figured out who the killer was very quickly and that made the book only so-so for me. I liked the main character though......more

Goodreads review by Louise on May 13, 2020

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 Island Mystery Series #2 DI Lena Lorenzen is investigating the disappearance of fourteen year old Maria who lived on the remote island Fohr. Maria's parents are part of a religious sect. The girls body is soon found and it looks like she's been murdered. Lena and her partner......more