Search in the Matter of Love (Paperback) | Released: 12 Nov 2018

Moin*, moin, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Phillip Denker. I am now in my early thirties and, a few months ago, I completed my studies in criminalistics and psychology with summa cum laude. I come from a rich shipping family in Hamburg. I am an only child. My father, as the owner, achieved a turnover of several million euros a year. At that time, it was all about legal business. But times were getting worse. In recent years, my father had invested more and more of our money in real estate. The prices for land and houses rose daily. The greater the demand, the higher the prices. My family owns a house in Pöseldorf where my parents live and a condominium in the city centre which was bought for me shortly before my birth by my father, in which I now live in. In the past, there was a huge concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, directly in front of it. The people of Hamburg lovingly called it the Elphi. This house was destroyed by a bomb attack in 2020.That was a few years ago. At that time, I was 20 years old. So I can still remember the building very well. It was an impressive building that was visited a lot by tourists and locals. The concerts were always sold out. Luckily, the police could clear the building in time so that nobody was hurt or killed. However, the Elbphilharmonie was no more to be saved and had to be torn off due to serious damages. Now, I enjoy free view of the Elbe, which flows directly into the sea.Sometimes, I longed to simply follow the river, out on the open sea into absolute freedom. We also owned a weekend house in Waren on the Müritz.My grandfather had bought the plot of land in the middle of the nature reserve, directly at the river, immediately after the reunification and had built the house on it. My grandparents now live there. It is their retirement home.With a size of 185cm, I have a sporty figure; I work on it daily and do a lot of sport. Every evening, I jog two rounds around the Outer Alster, in total 14 kilometres, and pass our company headquarters twice. Often, there was a light burning late at night because my father still worked till late. He would have loved to see me succeed him and take over the management of the company, but the fate had looked for another way. I wanted to help the world to get rid of some villains. And I want to clear up the disappearance of my childhood love, Uli. That was 10 years ago, but I thought she was still alive. I absolutely had to find her again. So far, all traces fizzled out. A current trace brought me to the capital.After my studies in Hamburg, the beautiful port city, the Department of the Interior employed me as a profiler.That was five months ago.During this time, I was able to solve some tricky missions and help the police, for example, in a kidnapping case of a rich factory owner.My best friend Jimmy was always there for me. We were born in the same year, in the same month. He is the son of the only godfather of the neighbourhood (red-light district in Hamburg). When we were kids, we met at Ju-Jitsu training. We are still going to the training together and are best friends.