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Back from the Dead

Heidi Amsinck author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Muswell Press

Published:18th Apr '24

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The third in the acclaimed Jensen series . From the winner of the esteemed Danish Crime Academy’s Debut Prize for My Name is Jensen

A headless corpse a missing person case closed? June, and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures, a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on DI Henrik Jungersen s desk just as his holiday is about to start.A Missing person a headless corpse Jensen is on the case. June, and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures, a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on the desk of DI Henrik Jungersen, just as his holiday is about to start. Elsewhere in the city, Syrian refugee Aziz Almasi, driver to Esben Norregaard MP has vanished. Fearing a link to shady contacts from his past, Norregaard appeals to crime reporter Jensen to investigate. Could the body in the harbour be Aziz? Jensen turns to former lover Henrik for help. As events spiral dangerously out of control, they are thrown together once more in the pursuit of evil, in a case more twisted and, more dangerous than they could ever have imagined.

An exemplary police procedural with a handful of imaginative variations on the genre and ingenious twists, that uses the city background, local politics and atmosphere as a means of building the steady suspense Good stuff. - Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time. Crime reporter Jensen returns in this latest instalment of this enjoyable Copenhagen set drama Engaging . - Best New Fiction, The Mail on Sunday. A vivid portrait of social and political tensions in Copenhagen A fresh approach to crime fiction. - Joan Smith, The Sunday Times. 4 Stars. Delving into the dark underbelly of a changing city. - Natasha Harding,The Sun.

  • Winner of Danish Crime Academy Debut Prize 2023

ISBN: 9781739123857

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362 pages