"[E]ngaging, inventive...brimming with mystery and intrigue" -- Crime by the Book In this "engrossing piece of Nordic noir" ( Booklist , starred review) and sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Tenant , d etectives Jeppe K rner and Anette Werner race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some of the most vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital.
She lives with her family in Copenhagen..
She is now one of the most widely read and beloved crime authors in Denmark, and her work has been sold in over twenty-five countries.
About author(s): A former dancer and choreographer with a background in television and theater, Katrine Engberg launched a groundbreaking career as a novelist with the publication of her fiction debut, The Tenant .
As the investigation ventures into dark corners, it uncovers the ambition and greed that festers beneath the surface of caregiving institutions--all the more shocking for their depravity--and what Jeppe and Anette discover will turn their blood as cold as ice...
But operating on her own exposes her to dangers she can\'t even begin to fathom.
While Jeppe pounds the streets looking for answers, Anette decides to do a little freelance sleuthing.
His partner, Anette Werner, now on maternity leave after an unexpected pregnancy, is restless at home with a demanding newborn and an equally demanding husband.
Copenhagen investigator Jeppe K rner, recovering from a painful divorce and in the throes of a new relationship, takes on the case.
Clearly, this is no ordinary murder.
Cause of death? Exsanguination--the draining of all the blood in her body.
Six days earlier, a paperboy on his route in central Copenhagen stumbles upon a macabre find: the naked body of a dead woman, lying in a fountain with arms marked with small incisions.
But in the coronary care unit at one of Copenhagen\'s leading medical centers, a nurse fills a syringe with an overdose of heart medication and stealthily enters the room of an older male patient.
Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing. "[E]ngaging, inventive...brimming with mystery and intrigue" -- Crime by the Book In this "engrossing piece of Nordic noir" ( Booklist , starred review) and sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Tenant , d etectives Jeppe K rner and Anette Werner race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some of the most vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital
