A River Flows

by Steen Alexander

A River Flows is a psychological crime thriller set in contemporary Europe. Ernst Reuter, a Ph.D student leading a quiet steady life, suddenly gets entangled in a mysterious abduction case that soon develops into an intense murder investigation. The victim is no other than a close friend, Walter Kleber, a student and political activist under police observation. Matters get dangerously complicated, when Ernst, not trusting the local Hamburg police, decides to seek outside assistance to help him investigate the murder case. An old friend leads him to a European detective bureau that helps him investigate what gradually turns out to be more than a simple murder case. Slowly Ernst discovers a putrid world of prostitution and people smuggling, but he also finds strong friendship and outstanding assistance from an English detective, the twenty year older Darren Diamond from London. In the dramatic course of the intense investigation, Ernst slowly discovers a hidden, unknown side of himself.

317 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 25, 2015

About the author

Steen Alexander is a pseudonym for Steen A. Nielsen, a novelist and publisher. He has a background in academic life and business consultancy and is now dedicating himself to independent research and creative writing. His aim is to write fiction across different genres, always with the focus on human dignity and emotional depth in people suddenly confronted with tough or complex challenges.
In addition to literature, his academic interests are psychology and politics, language and history. He regularly teaches within these fields, currently on a voluntary basis.
Steen A. Nielsen has an international background. Trilingual, born in Schleswig, Denmark, he is both a Danish and German speaker; he was also raised as an English-speaker. He is a linguist from the University of Copenhagen, a political scientist from Sciences Po and Sorbonne (Paris IV) and a Ph.D. in International History from the London School of Economics (2000).