Joost Jensen

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Joost Jensen
Joost Jensen grew up in northern Germany. The setting for his stories is the North Sea coast, which has become his home.
Joost Jensen grew up in northern Germany. The setting for his stories is the North Sea coast, which has become his home.
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Year of Publication: 2024
Joost JensenYear of Publication: 2024
Rigor Mortis at the Bar
Enno Prester, an environmental activist and close friend of pub owner Gesine Felber, dies in her arms. His last words leave Gesine puzzled: the white horse rider is a thief. What’s that supposed to mean? Meanwhile, the company Friesenklima wants to build an environmentally friendly holiday resort near Sünnum, Gesine’s East Frisian hometown, promising the local inhabitants a piece of the...

Year of Publication: 2023
Joost JensenYear of Publication: 2023
Pale Death Barrelled
The Frisian pub owner and brewer Gesine Felber wins the Northern German Brewing Competition with her Tüdelbräu – besting last year’s winner Hopfensturm. The small coastal village of Sünnum becomes a magnet for tourists, even the brewer of Hopfensturm, Ulrich Neunaber, pays a visit to the Kroog. When Neunaber is found dead in a beer barrel one...

Year of Publication: 2022
Joost JensenYear of Publication: 2022
The Corpse on the Dyke
In Sünnum, the world is still alright: Gesine Felber, a jovial woman, runs the Kroog, the village’s quaint pub that also hosts a small shop, and brews her own beer. The Kroog is like a second living room for the people of Sünnum, where people chat, celebrate, laugh and party to their heart’s content over home-brewed beer.
But when the body of a woman is found on...
But when the body of a woman is found on...