A dead customs investigator in the Main River. A small fish of insanely great value. And an unusual investigator with her own mind and an explosive past. The Trail of the Eels is the gripping first case for prosecutor Greta Vogelsang from the Department for Species Protection and Environmental Crimes.
Prosecutor Vogelsang is called to the Main River while on standby duty. The police have recovered a floater. It’s the body of Lars Mathissen, a customs investigator at Frankfurt Airport.
The Capital Crimes Department takes over initially, but Vogelsang won’t let go of the case. After all, Mathissen showed her evidence of a Frankfurt-based smuggling network allegedly trading in valuable glass eels and urged her to investigate. And now he’s dead. Vogelsang is plagued by doubts: Should she have followed up on his clues more aggressively? She begins to investigate on her own, against resistance from within her own ranks, and actually comes across evidence that seems to support Mathissen’s suspicions. But her colleagues remain skeptical. It isn’t until a second body is found and Vogelsang herself is caught in the line of fire that it becomes clear to everyone that the smugglers’ network is far more dangerous and their goods hotter than everyone thought. Suddenly, events come to a head – and a long-repressed trauma catches up with Vogelsang …
