The Body on the Beach

Written by Anna Johannsen

Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella

One victim. One murderer. Which of them is guilty?

A man is found dead on a beach on a small island off the coast of Germany. The gruesome discovery rocks the close-knit community of Amrum: in a town where nothing stays secret for long, who among them has a motive for murder?

DI Lena Lorenzen is brought in to investigate. For her, it is an unwelcome homecoming to the isolated island she turned her back on fourteen years ago. But now her past — and the island’s — is catching up with her. As her investigation leads her to a children’s home, where rumours of abuse by the murder victim are rife, she learns that the town she thought she knew housed secrets darker than nightmares.

When it becomes clear that this is just the beginning, Lorenzen is faced with an unenviable task: in a case where the victims have blood on their hands, can she bring the true criminal to justice?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Translator: Lisa Reinhardt
• Release date: Sep 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9781978689473

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 for The Body on the Beach

[karen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great police drama. Excellent narration!

[obi2015 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The body  of Hein Bohlen,a social educator and the director of a local children's home,is found dead in a beach chair on Amrum, a small island of the coast of North Germany. At first sight it looks as if the man has died of a heart attack.,but his wife has doubts and demands a post mortem where poison is suspected but not confirmed. DI Lena Lorenzen and sergeant Johann Grassman are sent to this beautiful island to investigate this death. They both realise that not everything is as it should be and that the alleged victim and other inhabitants have some very disturbing secrets indeed...This is a very pleasant mystery situated on the gorgeous island of Amrum but perhaps the end was a bit too predictable. Still,this is the first in the series,in English at least, and I will definitely try another one.