IN BLACK WATERS

  • Rosina is back! Fans have been waiting for this sequel for almost 10 years 
  • Her 11th case leads comedian Rosina to a tannery in the centre of Hamburg  
  • ‘Oelker’s love of detail is full of historic affection for the old Hanseatic spirit, which she tracks down in all the city’s different levels.’ Hamburger Abendblatt  
  • ‘Petra Oelker can simpy do it!’ PM History  
  • ‘That’s what defines the charm of all her books: Oelker gives insights into past times without ever seeming outdated.’ Hamburger Morgenpost am Sonntag

Hamburg, 1772: when an apprentice enters the tannery in the city centre near the Alster in the early hours of the morning, there is a body floating in the caustic tanbark liquid. The dead man was an inventor and new in town – might he have got in someone’s way? Comedian Rosina and her partner Wagner focus their investigations on the Eimbecksche Haus, which contains the morgue of the city’s female undertaker who is responsible for dead bodies as well as rescuing abandoned babies. The inquisitive undertaker has discreet connections to all levels of society and shortly afterwards she disappears…

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 13.10.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-00330-1
  • 430 Pages
  • Series: Rosina-Zyklus
  • Author: Petra Oelker

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Petra Oelker

Petra Oelker worked as a journalist and author of non-fiction books and biographies. With Tod am Zollhaus , she penned the first of her successful historical crime novels, followed by ten more.