Bestseller

A Sea of Flames

A stormy coast, a sea of flames

The picturesque harbour town of Barf eur is famous for its mussels, found on plates all over France, fresh from the sea. But now the fishermen of Barfleur are under threat: the world-famous ‘Blondes de Barfleur’ have disappeared without a trace – and nobody knows why. Tensions are high, and the sailors’ anger oft en explodes into blind fury. Is the attack on a local captain in some way connected to these disappearances? When a body is washed ashore, covered in burn marks, the sitution comes to a head. Nicolas, who had arrived looking for a calm holiday in the tranquil coastal town, soon realises that a brutal murderer is on the loose, wreaking havoc on the rocky coastline of the Cotentin…

  • 7th volume of the series
  • Over 230,000 copies sold in total
  • For readers of Jean-Luc Bannalec and Pierre Martin

» This Nicolas Guerlain series is one of the most charming, most promising in the German-language crime world.« (Buchkultur)

Genre: Fiction, Crime / Thriller / Suspense
Benjamin Cors

Benjamin Cors is a political journalist and correspondent for a broadcasting station. He grew up as a Franco-German national and spent his childhood summers in Normandy.

416 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-26348-1
First published 2023