A Catch from Hell (Xavier Kieffer 9)

  • A crime novel exposing the dark underbelly of the multimillion-dollar global fishing industry
  • 900,000 copies sold of the Xavier Kieffer series 
  • Topics: environmental activism, organized crime and the food industry, amateur sleuth

A missing person’s case and a series of burnt down restaurants uncover the terrifying truth about the fishing industry. 

Xavier Kieffer travels to the elegant beaches of Deauville in the Normandy to celebrate his old Parisian friend Guy Molyneux, who has just opened a revolutionary seafood restaurant. The establishment boasts an entirely eco-friendly menu sourced from a sustainable aquaculture startup. The opening celebration turns into a nightmare when the restaurant burns to the ground overnight, and Molyneux vanishes without a trace. When Kieffer discovers that two other high-end fish restaurants in Copenhagen and The Hague were torched in the exact same hour, he ignores police warnings to launch his own investigation. Stepping away from his familiar kitchen, Kieffer plunges into a vast corporate conspiracy controlled by a violent fish mafia that will stop at nothing - including cold-blooded murder - to protect its profits.

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  • Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
  • Release: 05.11.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-01886-8
  • 400 Pages
  • Series: Die Xavier-Kieffer-Krimis
  • Author: Tom Hillenbrand
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Tom Hillenbrand A Catch from Hell (Xavier Kieffer 9)
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Tom Hillenbrand

Tom Hillenbrand  is the author of numerous nonfiction books and novels, including the culinary thrillers featuring Luxembourg chef Xavier Kieffer as an investigator. One million copies of his books have been sold, they have won multiple awards, appear regularly on the  SPIEGEL  bestseller list and were translated into numerous languages .