Lost in Blue
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On an early Monday morning in Germany, Sankt Goarhausen's police department finds itself in a peculiar position as several policemen visit the site at the Rhine. Among them, 25-year old Henning Dorn is tasked to investigate the case of the salvage team's strange discovery: an unscathed coffin containing two bodies.
As he opens the coffin to take a look, Dorn is severely surprised at its contents, setting him onto the path to uncover Sankt Goarshausen's mysteries.
Was it murder? Suicide?
Or is the truth hidden beneath the Rhine's waters?
| Status: Completed | Language: English (few German words) | Genre: Mystery | Each Chapter length: ~ 1500 - ~ 2500 words
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05/2024: Added to "Light up the Dark | Horror/Mystery/Thriller" reading list by The Reading Room.
11/2024: Added to "The Mystery Reading Experience" by the Mystery & Thriller Ambassadors.
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