The Corpse on the Dyke

Gesine Felber Investigates #1
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The Corpse on the Dyke / Die Leiche am Deich
Gesine Felber Investigates #1
All is well in Frisia – until a corpse washes up on the North Sea coast…

The first instalment of a crime series set on the North Sea coast, featuring pub owner and hobby brewer Gesine Felber

Full of local colour and Frisian charm
In Sünnum, the world is still alright: Gesine Felber, a jovial woman, runs the Kroog, the village’s quaint pub that also hosts a small shop, and brews her own beer. The Kroog is like a second living room for the people of Sünnum, where people chat, celebrate, laugh and party to their heart’s content over home-brewed beer.

But when the body of a woman is found on the beach, peace and quiet are a thing of the past. The dead woman was the wife of farmer Burmeister,...
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In Sünnum, the world is still alright: Gesine Felber, a jovial woman, runs the Kroog, the village’s quaint pub that also hosts a small shop, and brews her own beer. The Kroog is like a second living room for the people of Sünnum, where people chat, celebrate, laugh and party to their heart’s content over home-brewed beer.

But when the body of a woman is found on the beach, peace and quiet are a thing of the past. The dead woman was the wife of farmer Burmeister, whose dairy farm is immensely unpopular, especially with environmental activists. Will Burmeister be next? When Enno, Gesine’s good friend and a passionate environmentalist, becomes the target of the investigation, she intrepidly sets out to find the real culprit...
2022, 358 pages
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Joost Jensen grew up in northern Germany. The setting for his stories is the North Sea coast, which has become his home.
Joost Jensen grew up in northern Germany. The setting for his stories is the North Sea coast, which has become his home.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Rigor Mortis at the Bar
Year of Publication: 2024
Joost JensenYear of Publication: 2024
Enno Prester, an environmental activist and close friend of pub owner Gesine Felber, dies in her arms. His last words leave Gesine puzzled: the white horse rider is a thief. What’s that supposed to mean? Meanwhile, the company Friesenklima wants to build an environmentally friendly holiday resort near Sünnum, Gesine’s East Frisian hometown, promising the local inhabitants a piece of the...
Pale Death Barrelled
Year of Publication: 2023
Joost JensenYear of Publication: 2023
The Frisian pub owner and brewer Gesine Felber wins the Northern German Brewing Competition with her Tüdelbräu – besting last year’s winner Hopfensturm. The small coastal village of Sünnum becomes a magnet for tourists, even the brewer of Hopfensturm, Ulrich Neunaber, pays a visit to the Kroog. When Neunaber is found dead in a beer barrel one...