The Instinct of the Tennis Player

As a former professional tennis player, Chief inspector Hans Lucarelli had learned to follow his instinct to anticipate the game of his opponents. His capacity becomes relevant when two lovers are found dead in an abandoned car park in the forest on the outskirts of the German city of Freiburg. The double murder strongly resembles the doing of a famous, wanted serial killer. Something, however, does not quite seem to fit. Against all odds and the instructions of his superior Lucarelli investigates the history of the male victim, Henry Huth. It turns out that he held evidence for the involvement of the top management of a giant car firm into a huge fraud with Diesel emissions. Gradually, the inspector is opening doors that were intended to stay shut.

"The instinct of the tennis player" is the second novel of the investigative crime series with Inspector Lucarelli, written by Jean Moose.

Jean Moose, geboren und aufgewachsen in Villingen-Schwenningen, war Assistenzprofessor für Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Freiburg und arbeitete als ökonomischer Experte für verschiedene europäische und internationale Institutionen.
Bisher erschienen von ihm die beiden deutschen Romane "Schleifchenspiel" und "Die Bergbahn" sowie unter dem Pseudonym Simon Alce der Kurzgeschichtenband „The Duke of Entenhausen“ in englischer Sprache. Jean Moose lebt und arbeitet in Brüssel.

Jean Moose was an assistant professor at the institute for economics of the University of Freiburg. After his academic career, Moose worked as an economist for the German government and a number of international institutions. Until now, Jean Moose published three novels in German: Schleifchenspiel, Die Bergbahn and the first volume of the Freiburg crime stories, Doppeltes Spiel.
The short story collection “The duke of Entenhausen” was published in English under the pseudonym Simon Alce.
After many years in Brussels, Jean Moose returned to his German hometown in the Black Forest.