back cover text The season on Hiddensee is over. Peace and quiet descend upon the island. But then shepherd Dirk Knöfel discovers a decomposed human head in the Ellersegen marsh in the north of the island. Island police officers Ole Damp and Stefan Rieder, who were expecting a quiet off-season, suddenly find themselves facing a high-profile criminal case. The dead man is Ulrich Ladbeck. The island's "dike warden" had been missing for over six months. His wife, Birgit, quickly becomes the focus of the island police. But Ladbeck had also made many enemies on the island with his mega-project for the port of Vitte. A storm surge complicates the investigation. The next morning, another murder victim is found on the beach... In the eighth installment of his island crime series, Tim Herden delivers a successful blend of captivating entertainment, gripping suspense, dry humor, and authentic character development. All of this makes his novels a refreshing addition to the crime fiction landscape. Biography Tim Herden, born in 1965 in Halle (Saale), studied journalism in Leipzig and was an editor at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in Dresden; today he is a correspondent in the ARD capital studio in Berlin. New product