FLATLAND MURDER MYSTERY: The Fish Market Murder (Vol. II)

  • A fishing competition with a murderous catch! Wencke Dierksen investigates between the fish market and small-town shenanigans.
  • The feel-good crime novel from the flatlands, for anglers, alpacas, and everyone who loves witty mysteries!
  • Hedda Anders writes with North German honesty, hilarious wit, and captivating originality.

Ex-Commissioner Wencke Dierksen had actually retired to her farm in the small village of Sorum on the Elbe because she wanted nothing more to do with crime. But then, of all things, the annual Sorum fishing competition, the "Eel Night", becomes a crime scene - because this year, the "Eel King" catches a dead body instead of the longest eel!

The victim, the eccentric animal rights activist Peter Hacke, was known for often secretly opening stalls and gates to free the animals belonging to Sorum's farmers. Were the livestock owners perhaps plotting revenge? He also made enemies with his animal welfare campaigns at the Hamburg Fish Market; he even got into a fight with "Matjes-Klaus" just two weeks ago. Could an angry fishmonger have murdered Peter Hacke?

Wencke and her colleague Theo investigate the village and fish market milieu. Who else did Peter Hacke anger with his campaigns? And what is the true secret behind the traditional "Eel Night"?

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 13.03.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-01531-1
  • 240 Pages
  • Series: Ein Mord auf dem platten Land
  • Author: Hedda Anders

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Hedda Anders

Hedda Anders was born in Bremen in 1979 and has lived in Hamburg since 2008, where she makes a living enforcing grammar rules and hunting for misplaced apostrophes. When she is not stopped, she also writes, recently focusing on crime novels. In her series featuring Wencke Dierksen, she draws on her rural past and her love for sharp-witted dialogue. Hedda Anders is a pseudonym.