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Kästner & Kästner - Death in the Shadow of the Elbe Flood

Behind Kästner & Kästner are the married couple Angélique and Andreas Kästner. Angélique Kästner works as a psychotherapist and specializes in crisis intervention. Her husband Andreas worked for thirty years as a chief inspector of the water police in the port of Hamburg. His detailed insider knowledge flows into the new crime series from the port of Hamburg.

At the invitation of the “Freiburg-Elbe Library Association”, Kästner & Kästner present the second volume of the series “Tatort Hafen” in Freiburg (Knaur, 2024).

A massive hurricane is approaching Hamburg. Water police officer Tom Bendixen is working hard to prepare the Hamburg port for a storm surge. During the evacuation of the port, a body is found in the Elbe. Homicide investigator Jonna Jacobi finds out that the dead man was on a container ship that has just entered the port. The team only has 24 hours to solve the case in this storm. The investigators know that somewhere on the site, another person is in mortal danger, and not just the police are looking for him...

This author reading is supported by the Lower Saxony Library Center and sponsored by the State of Lower Saxony.