This was my first read by Anna Johannsen and it is certainly a fast-paced crime thriller! It is the second book in ‘The Island Mystery Series’ which can also be read independently. The author could keep my interest alive in the entire book. I was eager to know what had happened to the child. Lena was quite determined to get to the truth. On the Beach (2000 film) is a made-for-television film starring Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, and Bryan Brown. The problem I had was with the breakthrough moment, it seemed contrived, almost as if the author had written themselves into a corner and needed to either re-write or use a less than ideal scenario to solve things. After all that had gone before it was a bit of a let down. I am hopeful of a third book in this series however, and will definitely be on the lookout for it and I am sure I will enjoy that too. On the Beach (2023 theatre production) a play adapted by artistic director Kip Williams and playwright Tommy Murphy for the Sydney Theatre Company. [17]

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The 2000 film ends with a quote from Walt Whitman's poem "On the Beach at Night", describing how a father comforts his small daughter who is frightened as an approaching cloud bank blots out the evening stars one by one. [7] Although Whitman's poem resembles the plot of Shute's novel, the book does not reference it, as it does Eliot's poem.

DI Lena Lorenzen is on holiday with her boyfriend on the North Frisian island of Amrum when her boss calls. DS Warnke requests her help to look for a missing teenage girl. Maria Logener seems to have disappeared from a nearby island and Warnke’s wife is acquainted with her parents. The case is sensitive because the Logener family are members of a very conservative church which many consider to be a cult. Nobody on the small island of Föhr, especially Maria’s parents, are cooperative in the investigation and Lena runs into one obstacle after another. However, she sees herself in the fourteen-year-old and won’t give up until she gets to the truth about what really happened to Maria.

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The other issue I had with this story was the ending. While not being completely out of the blue it felt a bit unsatisfying.And after looking at the report, the toxicologist confirms it’s possible to have blood coming from your nose if you’ve overdosed. In a new Sky documentary, Death On The Beach, families open up on how they believe Thai police covered up what really happened to their loved ones. This book is easy to read, one wants to find out what happens. The characters are all rounded, and one cares for them, because (or despite) their flaws. It follows the murder of Maria, a young girl from a deeply religious family. Detective Lina investigates the days and weeks before Maria’s death, but is faced with a lot of stonewalling from Maria’s community. They are used to judgment and aren’t particularly receptive to outsiders. As Detective Lina is making her rounds through the community, I felt for both her and the community at large. People often judge that which is different from what they know, and I hurt for the community that they felt scrutinized by virtue of their faith. I like the novel as a police procedural as I enjoy the gradual triangulation of facts and theories into a cohesive case and I think the author does a good job of it. I’m not so keen on Lena Lorenzen whom I find rather dreary. There is no doubt that she is a smart, intuitive investigator with great people skills but her love life which she examines ad nauseum is a bore. Talk to him and thrash it out.

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A fourteen-year-old girl disappears on the small island of Föhr, and Detective Lena Lorenzen is called in to investigate. When the girl’s bloodied body is found on the beach with vicious wounds to the wrist, Lena immediately suspects that what’s been made to look like suicide was in fact a brutal and calculated murder. But the local residents—even the girl’s own parents—won’t cooperate with her investigation. The devoutly religious islanders are clearly hiding something. But what ungodly secret could possibly lead to the murder of an innocent teenage girl? And, while the Tuwichian family - who are “like the Mafia” in Koh Tao - have always denied playing any part in these deaths, many of the parents are certain they had something to do with their children suddenly dying. Spate of suspicious deathsOsborne takes his suicide pill while sitting in his beloved racing car. When Mary Holmes becomes very ill, Peter administers a lethal injection to their daughter. Even though he still feels relatively well, he and Mary take their pills simultaneously so they can die as a family. Towers and his remaining crew choose to scuttle the Scorpion in the open ocean, fulfilling a naval duty to not leave the unmanned vessel "floating about in a foreign port", after her crew succumbs to suicide or radiation poisoning. Moira watches the submarine's departure in her car, parked atop an adjacent hilltop, as she takes her suicide pill, imagining herself together with Towers as she dies. It’s hard to explain because I’d be annoyed at Chrissy if she even took an accidental overdose. I’d think, ‘What a waste.’” A police spokeswoman told The Sun: ‘We were called at 6.39am today (Tuesday 31 October) to a report that a body had been located on the beach on Eastern Parade in Portsmouth. The locations are stunningly shared within the story. The subject matter always a difficult one is approached with great insight and respect. The death is treated with care and without sensational detail. The family links as well as the closed Christian sect are explored in an open and honest way. Judgemental opinion and views are set aside as understanding and tolerance are built into the story. I didn't love this book- it was slow and felt like it just kind of ended without any build up. It focuses on Detective Lena Lorenzen, who is a detective called to investigate the disappearance of a 14 year old girl, Maria, on a remote island. They soon find the girl's body and Lena believes it's a murder rather than a suicide. The girl's parents are part of a religious sect and may or may not be holding secrets, causing them to not be that helpful to the investigation.

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She was fine. She was normal. She was speaking about writing about the other people who died on the beach. And I said to her, it’s not good to speak about the politics in Koh Tao because the cops are corrupt."

I didn’t know that there are still Mennonites living in Germany, but it shouldn’t surprise me as Switzerland and Germany are the places where they originated. I think that their community is fairly depicted. Showing both the positive sides of community sense and family values as well as the difficulties of growing up in those circumstances, the anti-society/authority sentiment, arranged marriages at too young ages, distrust of outsiders and all-over secrecy. Suzanne believes the Tuwichian family and the Thai police covered up what really happened to all these British tourists - killed because they were asking questions. On finding out this information, Boyne says: “If that’s the case it would’ve been a very peaceful death. This is the 2nd book I have read by this author. It is refreshing to read a book set somewhere a little different and I have been inspired to visit this part of the world.