Books set in Denmark (58)
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Oxen. Lupus by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
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Der Geheimbund Danehof ist zerschlagen, doch der traumatisierte Ex-Elitesoldat Niels Oxen kämpft weiter mit seinen sieben Dämonen. Für den ehemaligen Geheimdienstchef Axel Mossman soll er nun den vermissten Poul Hansen aufspüren. Die Suche führt ihn dorthin, wo er sich am besten auskennt: in den Wald. Dort trifft er auf Wölfe – und auf rätselhafte Spuren. Hansens Verschwinden scheint mit einer Entführung aus dem Jahr 1963 zusammenzuhängen. Und mit dem unaufgeklärten Fall, bei dem Oxens Partnerin Margrethe Franck ihr rechtes Bein verlor. G... continue
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Oxen. Noctis (#5) by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
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Über Niels Oxen bricht die Nacht herein …
Alles könnte gut werden: Flashbacks und Albträume quälen Niels Oxen seltener und er denkt darüber nach, was ihm in seinem Leben fehlt: Beziehungen. Und Liebe. Da bittet Ex-PET-Chef Mossmann ihn um Unterstützung. In einer verlassenen Kiesgrube sind die Leichen ermordeter Veteranen gefunden worden. Bedroht das Land ein Sniper? Unachtsam geworden, wird Oxen verschleppt – und dort, wo er erwacht, gibt es nur Dunkelheit …
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Oxen. Pilgrim (#6) by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
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Oxen hat wochenlange Gefangenschaft und grausame Kämpfe in den Katakomben überlebt, aber er ist nicht mehr derselbe. Zum ersten Mal hat er getötet, um zu leben. Um Abstand zu gewinnen und seine Taten zu sühnen, begibt er sich auf Pilgerreise.
Auch Margarethe Frank muss sich neu orientieren, denn nach einem Zerwürfnis wird sie vom dänischen Geheimdienst PET suspendiert. Da kommt die Anfrage von Axel Mossmann gerade recht. Er braucht Hilfe bei einem unbedeutend wirkenden Fall. Doch was zunächst nach einem kleinen Finanzbetrug aussieht, erreicht ungeahnte Dimen... continue
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Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt EN
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Rock, Paper, Scissors opens shortly after the death of Thomas and Jenny's criminal father. While trying to fix a toaster that he left behind, Thomas discovers a secret, setting into motion a series of events leading to the dissolution of his life and plunging him into a dark, shadowy underworld of violence and betrayal. A gripping story written with a poet's sensibility and attention to language, Rock, Paper, Scissors will greatly expand the readership for one of Denmark's most decorated and beloved writers.
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Silence in October by Jens Christian Grondahl EN
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After 18 years of marriage, an art historian wakes up to find his wife standing in the doorway with her bags packed, leaving him with no explanation. Exploring with great subtlety the secret, unpredictable connections between men and women, "Silence in October" is a psychological novel of immense acuity and masterful storytelling.
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Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg EN
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She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories--a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land. And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a shattering crime... It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident. But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own. Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps ... continue
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Termush (Faber Editions) : Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer by Sven Holm EN
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Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic 1967 dystopia ...
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The Chestnut Man : A Novel by Soren Sveistrup EN
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“A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline. Buckle up. You’ll gulp down every word. I loved this book.”—A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The heart-pounding debut from the creator of the hit Scandinavian television show The Killing. If you find one, he’s already found you. A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts—which he leaves at each bloody crime scene. Examining the dolls, forensics m... continue
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The Chestnut Man : The Chilling and Suspenseful Thriller Soon to Be a Major Netflix Series by Søren Sveistrup EN
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A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Ambitious young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner, Mark Hess, is a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol
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The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock EN
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For fans of Katrine Engberg and Lars Kepler, the second chilling novel in Anne Mette Hancock’s #1 bestselling Danish crime series is a psychological whirlwind that explores the nature of truth and what it means when we can no longer trust what we know to be real. When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia—a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kalda... continue