DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Emily Friend's mysterious drowning in the Serpent Pool. But Hannah's distracted by a new sergeant with a troublesome reputation, a new house, and new cause to doubt her partner--second hand bookseller Marc Amos.
"Hauptbeschreibung Nordengland, Lake District. Der mysteriöse Tod einer jungen Frau gibt Hannah Scarlett und ihrem Cold-Case-Team Rätsel auf. Vor sechs Jahren ertrank Bethany in einem See, der keine fünfzig Zentimeter tief ist. Ein tragischer Unfall? Selbstmord? Bis heute ist der Fall ungeklärt. Doch dann wird die verkohlte Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Der leidenschaftliche Sammler antiquarischer Bücher wurde mitsamt seiner Schätze in Brand gesteckt. Plötzlich gibt es eine Spur: Die beiden Opfer kannten sich. Was Hannah jedoch Sorgen macht: Auch ihr Lebensgefährte Marc kannte die Op."
"DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Emily Friend's mysterious drowning in the Serpent Pool. But Hannah's distracted by a new sergeant with a troublesome reputation, a new house, and new cause to doubt her partner--second hand bookseller Marc Amos."@en
"Nordengland, Lake District. Der mysteriöse Tod einer jungen Frau gibt Hannah Scarlett und ihrem Cold-Case-Team Rätsel auf. Vor sechs Jahren ertrank Bethany in einem See, der keine fünfzig Zentimeter tief ist. Ein tragischer Unfall? Selbstmord? Bis heute ist der Fall ungeklärt. Doch dann wird die verkohlte Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Der leidenschaftliche Sammler antiquarischer Bücher wurde mitsamt seiner Schätze in Brand gesteckt. Plötzlich gibt es eine Spur: Die beiden Opfer kannten sich. Was Hannah jedoch Sorgen macht: Auch ihr Lebensgefährte Marc kannte die Opfer, und sie wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass er ihr etwas verschweigt."
"Seven years ago, Bethany Friend was found drowned in mere inches of water in the lonely Serpent Pool in England's Lake District. Was it suicide or murder' Now, determined to win justice for Bethany's dying mother, DCI Hannah Scarlett of the Cold Case Squad re-opens the case. But Hannah has problems of her own: a new sergeant with a reputation for causing trouble, a new house close to the Serpent Pool, and new cause to doubt her partner, second-hand book-seller Marc Amos. Worried by dwindling finances and the horrific death of one of his best customers, Marc finds him-self drawn to the lovely and enigmatic Cassie Weston, who works in his shop. Then, at a party, Hannah meets Louise Kind, sister of historian Daniel Kind, and is drawn into a troubling new case. Louise, who lives with book collector and lawyer Stuart Wagg, has appeared on her brother's doorstep at Tarn Cottage, telling him she struck Wagg with a knife. Alarmed, Daniel rushes to Wagg's home, but the lawyer has disappeared. Searching for the supposed victim, Hannah and Daniel'who is researching the brilliant, opium-addicted 19th-century English writer Thomas De Quincey'encounter dark secrets and strange obsessions that oddly echo De Quincey's drug-fueled writings."@en
"Seven years ago, Bethany Friend was found drowned in mere inches of water in the lonely Serpent Pool in England's Lake District. Was it suicide or murder? Now, determined to win justice for Bethany's dying mother, SCI Hannah Scarlett of the Cold Case Squad re-opens the case.-- Publisher's description."
"Seven years ago, Bethany Friend was found drowned in mere inches of water in the lonely Serpent Pool in England's Lake District. Was it suicide or murder? Now, determined to win justice for Bethany's dying mother, SCI Hannah Scarlett of the Cold Case Squad re-opens the case.-- Publisher's description."@en
"CRIME & MYSTERY. The Lake District's cold case specialist, DCI Hannah Scarlett, is determined to uncover the truth behind Bethany Friend's apparent suicide in the Serpent Pool. Why would Bethany, so afraid of water, drown herself? Hannah fears that her partner, bookseller Marc Amos, is keeping dark secrets. Does he hold the key to Bethany's past - and why was his best customer burnt to death in an Ullswater boathouse? Hannah still carries a torch for Daniel Kind, who is researching Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. Once Daniel and Hannah suspect connections between Bethany's drowning and a current sequence of killings, death comes dangerously close to home."
"The Lake District's cold case specialist, DCI Hannah Scarlett, is determined to uncover the truth behind Bethany Friend's apparent suicide six years ago, in the Serpent Pool. Why would Bethany, so afraid of water, drown herself? Hannah fears that her partner, bookseller Marc Amos, is keeping dark secrets, and holds the key to Bethany's past. Hannah still carries a torch for Daniel Kind, who is researching Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. Once Daniel and Hannah suspect connections between Bethany's drowning and a current sequence of killings, death comes dangerously close to home."
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