Four years after the murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, fate strikes Nordholm again. A dead man is found on the beach & his wife and daughter have disappeared without a trace. Only the youngest son of the family suddenly turns up at home. Simon Kessler of the Hamburg CID starts the investigation.
New York lawyer Alicia Charles is about to get married to smart John when her family of choices, consisting of musician Will and little Linus, thwart her plans. Alicia's mother Jackie appears unexpectedly, with whom Alicia never wanted to have anything to do again. Jackie is looking for reconciliation - and needs Alicia's help as a lawyer. With a motherly look, she realizes that Alicia's heart is not only beating for her fiancee John.
In the second part of the "Katie Fforde" trilogy, Ursula Karven surprisingly finds an election family as Alicia Charles in Christmas New York. Alicia wants to start her skiing vacation when Will Hillinger, the guardian of the parentless Linus, ends up in prison: Will broke in with the singer Peggy Bloom. Alicia tries everything to save Linus Will from losing custody.
Police officer Hella Christensen is on her way to her new job in Kiel. But she doesn't get far because a dead girl was found at the pier in her hometown. Hella's new superior, Simon Kessler, has already arrived from Kiel and is awaiting her on the bridge. Hella recognizes the dead person immediately: it is 14-year-old Jenni, daughter of her neighboring family. Kessler orders the recently defunct local office to be used to investigate the murder.
New York lawyer Alicia Charles faces a challenge: to help penniless globetrotter Will in a custody battle over his godchild Linus. The nine-year-old Linus lost his parents in a car accident. Will wants custody of his godchild, although as a poor globetrotter he has little chance. He is not even related to the boy. He cannot present more than a snippet from a family video that identifies him as a godfather.
Dr. Wilhelm Brock, a seasoned but never successful Precolombian treasure hunter, is on the trace of the legendary, elusive Oromec treasure in Panama. Finding the missing clue gives him a cardiac crisis. His bossy daughter Johanna tries to sell the boat he got to pay for his surgery. Lacking buyers, she joins his foster-son Michael and historian Christian o the treasure hunt. But Wilhelm's rich former partner Carlos Ortega has got wind of his luck, and stops at nothing.
At Kingscove Manor, Emma ,the aunt of Rachel falls in the stairs and sprains her ankle.So she needs the help of Rachel to manage the manor.Some years ago Rachel loved deeply Luke Folder whose wife died by suicide.Rachel arrives at Kingscove and meets with Luke telling him that their love is impossible.When she goes to the village all people are looking at her curiously.At the harbor she meets with Reverend Michael who tells her that Luke still loves her and that she must be patient.Mary, the mother-in-law of Luke reproaches him the death of her daughter Tara.Also when Rachel meets Mary she reproaches Rachel the death of Tara.Rachel and Luke fall again in love.One day Rachel has an appointment with Mr. Ripley and finds him dead in his house.Mary accuses Rachel to be responsible of the this death.
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