I truly enjoyed the main characters in this book. They were both quirky, yet they respected each other. The author wrote them in such a way that I could tell the characters had been disrespected before and were ready for it to happen again. The mystery was interesting but they solved it in a manner I wasn't used to. I would read another mystery by this author and another mystery with these characters. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Broadchurch or Monk.

Deep Waters by Heidi Hinrichs is a police procedural cozy mystery that will keep you guessing "whodunit" until the very end. I received an advance copy of this boo through NetGalley and Book Whisperer. It took me a little while to get into the book probably because it is set in Germany and most of the names are foreign to me in the United States. I found the plot and characters to be well developed and I enjoyed the quirkiness of the two main ones. Enna Koopmann is meeting her boss and partner, Pavel Neuhof for the first time as they try to solve a murder. Pavel is autistic and is trying to function in a non-autistic world. Enna tends to dress in her own style, which is not the usual uniform for a detective. I found them both entertaining and I enjoyed reading this story. I recommend this book as worthwhile reading.

Deep Waters is a very well written cozy mystery. I throughly enjoyed the plot and the character dynamics. I recommend this book. I received an advance ebook from Netgalley and the publisher. This is my unbiased review.

Not an easy book to read,interesting if strange characters. Meandering storyline,lost interest before the end.

Deep Waters by Heidi Hinrichs

How much did I love this book? So much that when the library said it was my turn for a much-awaited best seller, I let it wait and kept reading DEEP WATERS. I loved quirky Enna and Pavel and their respect for others’ differences. They are a good team. I loved the setting and the details in the descriptions. The mystery was compelling, and the building of relationships even more so.
There’s a hint of future books, and I’m ready!

The female lead character, a former police officer while on a break from the force is training as a lifeguard in Northern Germany.
The story quickly spirals into intrigue when she rescues a dead body from the water.
Her journey to unravel the murder mystery is filled with twists and turns, making for a page-turning read.
I felt like the richly described setting, numerous characters and intricate plot would easily translate into a great TV series,
Deep Waters” is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries with a strong female lead and an engaging whodunit.

Thankyou to author Heidi Hinrichs, Book Whisperer and Netgalley for the opportunity to have read this book ahead of publication date.
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The first book in a new series full of mystery and intrigue. 'Murder in the dunes: A new mystery series where dark secrets lurk beneath the surface, with a dash of humour to keep things afloat.' I love that as a blurb and I am so glad I got the chance to read and review this book.

This book is a great cosy murder mystery at times quirky, at times funny but all the time a great read. Fun, with suspense that makes me want to read what the next instalment in the series will be. A great read by a new author and one I look forward to continuing along on the journey this series will provide.

Thank you NetGalley and Book Whisperer for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

A cosy murder set on the northern coast of Germany. Enna is training with her fellow lifeguards when she sees a body floating in the sea, handy that Enna is also a police officer so is able to start dealing with her find straight away.
Enna and her new boss Pavel, start to investigate the death already identified as a local man. The story takes a few twists as they interview and dismiss various people from their suspect list.
A quirky story but an interesting read, although there are a few things that obviously don’t translate properly, the use of 50mph, which surely should be 50kph as it is set in Germany, also a reference to bringing in the FBI.
That aside, I enjoyed the book.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced digital copy of this book.

Inspector Enna Koopman is on vacation from the police, but is conducting a rescue training exercise for her other job as a lifeguard in the tumultuous North Sea off the coast of Germany. She rescues her partner, but then spots a body drifting offshore. The man is either asleep or dead, but it is not easy to reach him and finally bring him ashore, where it is obvious he is dead. But how did he die? When it becomes clear he did not die of natural causes, Enna meets her new partner, Detective Chief Inspector Pavel Neuhof and they start putting the pieces together. But it is a puzzling case and no one seems to have a motive to murder Toni Sattelmacher. He had recently sold his parents' house for a large amount of money and relocated them to a retirement village, where they seem content. His brother did not receive anything from the sale, but there had been a settlement years ago and he didn't expect anything. Tracking down his girlfriend seems tricky, but when finally reached, she has no motive and in fact they were planning to marry soon.

But Enna and Pavel keep digging and finally figure out what happened, after following many winding roads.

This is a first novel for the author and I think there will be something worth following, but I would love to see it as TV series, where it would be easier to keep track of all the foreign names.

This is definitely one of those cosy crime mysteries you can curl up with on the sofa on a Sunday afternoon and read! A nice 'who dunnit' as the detectives work their way through the list of suspects. This is the first book in a series and therefore introduces the two main detectives, Pavel and Enna. The characters were interesting, and I really warmed to them and found them quite witty. It would have been nice to have had a bit more depth to the detectives, but perhaps this gets explored in subsequent novels.
At times, I was rather confused by all the character names, locations and the plot about the money/house. But I got the gist!
It was an entertaining crime story, and I would read the next in the series to see how the main characters develop.

Honest review in return for an ARC
3.5/5

Enna is an inspector in a relatively quiet town. She also helps in water recuses. As she is out on the water she runs into a body floating. Thus the case is opened on who and why. Enna has a new boss so he wants to be involved every step of the way. The story follows the case and the results. So sad what family does to each other.

Quirky investigator Enna is trying to understand her new boss, Pavel as they investigate two cases. One appears to be a simple suicide, the other most likely a murder. When Enna pulls an old acquaintance's body out of the North Sea she must be the one to tell his elderly parents. As Pavel escorts her to the nursing home, he observes a few things about the couple that seem a bit "off." Being on the behavioral spectrum himself, Pavel is tuned into items and places which strike him as not fitting correctly in the situation. Enna is the "people" person in this work relationship who finds a way to get each of the suspects to share a bit about their interactions with the dead man; who is turns out owed quite a lot of money to some not very nice people.
Follow along as Enna and Pavel unravel the motives, alibis and suspects in Toni's murder.
I really wanted to like this as the setting is unique. I don't feel that there was enough backstory for the characters to really feel invested in them. The author notes that the character of Pavel is based upon her husband who is also on the spectrum. Perhaps that is why the book seems to move rather slowly as Pavel needs time to process each new piece of information.

A pleasing cosy crime procedural set in a German coastal town. I liked the contrast between the quirky, enigmatic detective Enna and her new boss, the neurodivergent Pavel. The pace was a bit slow but I liked the setting and the police pricedures.

My thanks to Net Galley and Book Whisperer for a copy of this book to review.

Not a bad start to this new series. I look forward to more from this author. A body is found during a training exercise and Enna Koopman , a police officer is teamed with her quirky new boss Pavel to find the culprit. They are polar opposites which infuses some good humor. A decent read but I wasn't wowed. I hope more character development occurs in future novels.

“Deep Waters”, by Heidi Hinrichs

Northern Shores Cozy Mystery book #1
(Murder in the Dunes)

The story in a few words:

Germany North Sea

During a routine rescue dive, Inspector Enna Koopmann stumbles on a dead man drifting in the waves. It is evident the man did not die of natural causes. So, Enna and her extremely meticulous partner, Detective Chief Inspector Pavel Neuhof need to find a motive and the culprit…. launching an investigation.

My thoughts:

The author lays the groundwork for her trilogy while in the background the investigation moves along at a very snail pace. It dilly-dallies quite a bit so much so that at times my mind was someplace else and I had to reread some passages. Having said this, the book is a police procedural first then a people behavior study. I particularly love how the author depicts Pavel’s odd behavior and how Enna manages to deal with him. This is well done. This cozy mystery gives us some humour along the way and in general also well plotted. Enna is an original she wears shorts and very colourful socks, not the usual attire for a policewoman but hey she made me smile or maybe giggle a little bit.


Set in Germany the author tried too much to please the North American audience in doing so tripped by using Fahrenheit instead of Celsius and FBI instead of BND or some other agencies. I may be picky but although fiction I prefer reading something closer to reality for those little details.

Definitely this book was not one of my preferred I found it somewhat boring but again this is me. I said it before this is my opinion judge for yourself you may love it.

This is the first in a new cozy mystery series. In her spare time Enna is a life guard and on a training session finds the body of Toni Sattelmacher. Her old boss has just retired and is replaced with Pavel Neuhof. Pavel is kind of quirky, probably on the spectrum, but as the two learn each others ways of handling a case they work pretty well together. I have to admit I was a little confused about all the money floating around but, in all fairness, I probably should have paid more attention. Since this is the first of a series I find that the author is usually laying the groundwork for future books and I look forward to reading more in the series.

Thank you to Netgalley and BookWhisperer for providing me with a digital copy.

A cross genre that includes elements of police proceddurals, cozy mystery and a little humor. It's a much better read than the description led me to believe. A training exercise is interupted by the discovery of a dead body. Luckily the exercise is being conducted as a police training, so there's plenty of police response immediately available. Luckily if you're the police, not the body!!!
This is the first book in a series. The next two books in the series are to be released before the end of 2024, so you'll not have to wait long to see where this duo of seemingly unmatched investigators will take us. The story is well plotted, with the characters earnest in their efforts and endearing in their differences. I'd recommend to cozy mystery lovers but it will also be an excellent read for someone bored with their usual mysteries.

This was a strong start to the Murder in the Dunes series, it had that concept that I was looking for in this type of book. The overall story worked with the mystery element that I wanted, and that the characters had that feel that I was looking for. It left me excited to read more in this series and from Heidi Hinrichs. Heidi Hinrichs was able to weave a great story and I’m glad I got to read this.

Germany, North Sea, procedural, criminologist, verbal-humor, sly-humor, situational-humor, embezzlement, working-partners, neurodivergent, autism-spectrum, suspense, investigation*****

On her day off, Police Inspector Enna Koopmann (of the colourful socks) was practicing with the German Lifeguard Assn when it got too real. Someone she used to know was dead in the North Sea and she had to bring in the body and start the investigation.
Her new, extremely meticulous partner, Detective Chief Inspector Pavel Neuhof, is today transferred to lower Saxony in from CID, is rather OCD and somewhat neurodivergent, has some odd behaviors, and is decidedly too literal. This is their first case together and it is as strange as the pair of detectives. Sometimes this is a real gigglesnort (I love it!), but the investigation is spot on.
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#ANorthernShoresCozyMystery

“Deep Waters” is a “cozy mystery” by Heidi Hinrichs. This book takes place in Germany, but was written for a US audience (temperatures are in Fahrenheit, for instance). This book is a police procedure/investigation one, so the main characters are police people. Luckily these police people are pretty dang smart, so that was a good thing to read (sorry, I’ve read too many where the cops are inept lately). I cannot say that I found this book a fantastic read - the pacing is a bit slow - but I did like the insight into one of the characters, who is most likely on the spectrum. There were some odd things where I think a conversion of some sort happened (a height is described very precisely - like 8.9 feet, opposed to “about 9 feet”; ditto for a weight - something like 248.6 pounds opposed to “about 250 pounds”). I did find myself engaged with the mystery - and getting to know the two police characters better, but I need to be in the mood for a cozy mystery. I think if you are a reader who likes both police procedural mysteries along with cozy mysteries, this book may be one you’d like. This book is the first in a series, so there will be more opportunities to know more about this police duo.