Bestselling novelist Alexandra Fröhlich found shot dead on her houseboat
'Skeletons in the Closet' author Alexandra Fröhlich, 58, was found early last Tuesday on her long cerise-colored houseboat on the Holshafen bank of the Elbe River in Hamburg, The Guardian reported.
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The mom of three was found by her son, officials said.
'After evaluating traces and evidence, the investigating authorities now believe that the woman died as a result of violence,' a police spokesperson told local media of the case being handled by the local murder squad.
3 Fröhlich began her career as a novelist with her bestselling novel, My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Catastrophes.
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Fröhlich is believed to have died some time between midnight and 5:30 a.m., police told the outlet.
Investigators have appealed to witnesses who may have seen suspicious activity around the houseboat, but have not said if a suspect has been identified, the outlet reported.
3 She published additional successful novels, 'Death is a Certainty' and 'Skeletons in the Closet'
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Fröhlich began her career as a journalist in Ukraine, where she founded a women's magazine and later became a freelance journalist.
In 2012, she began her career as a novelist with her bestselling debut novel, 'My Russian Mother-in-Law and Other Catastrophes,' described by critics as 'a hilarious west-east satire.'
She published additional successful novels, 'Death is a Certainty' in 2016, and 'Skeletons in the Closet' in 2019. Both were published by Penguin and appeared on the Spiegel Bestseller List.
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