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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The hanging The hanging Lotte Hammer "One morning before school, two children find the naked bodies of five men hanging from the gym ceiling. The case leads detective Konrad Simonsen and his murder squad to the school janitor, who may k… OL17722433W
Beneath the neon egg Beneath the neon egg Thomas E. Kennedy Irish-American Patrick Bluett starts over in the underworld of Copenhagen while befriending a fellow divorcee and becoming entangled with a Russian prostitute. OL17878649W
Kerrigan in Copenhagen Kerrigan in Copenhagen Thomas E. Kennedy Kerrigan is writing a guide book to his adopted city of Copenhagen. Specifically, a guide to the city's drinking establishments--of which there are more than 1,500. Thus, it is a project potentially … OL17922784W
Killing, The Killing, The David Hewson,David Hewson Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when 19-year-old student Nanna Birk Larsen is found … OL18059273W
The Venetian betrayal The Venetian betrayal Steve Berry For ex-field agent Cotton Malone the stakes have never been higher: a deadly virus that could wipe out civilisation as we know it -- and a cure that lies buried in the past. A secret international co… OL18182229W
My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time Liz Jensen Charlotte Schleswig, the narrator of Liz Jensen's latest novel, supports herself and the lumpen Fru Schleswig (who may or may not be her mother) as a prostitute in 1890s Copenhagen. While she is no s… OL1860628W
The dinosaur feather The dinosaur feather Sissel-Jo Gazan Academic advisor Dr. Lars Helland is found dead in his office chair at the University of Copenhagen. In his bloody lap is a copy of one of his postgraduate student's thesis on the saurian origin of b… OL19704308W
The purity of vengeance The purity of vengeance Jussi Adler-Olsen "International superstar Jussi Adler-Olsen, with more than fourteen million copies of his books sold worldwide, delivers his latest in the bestselling Department Q series ? a perplexing cold case wit… OL19972726W
The Charlemagne pursuit The Charlemagne pursuit Steve Berry A mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton Malone on a perilous international quest that takes him and twin sisters with their own agenda from an ancient German cathed… OL20947159W
Blue blood Blue blood Sara Blædel Copenhagen Detective Inspector Louise Rick searches for an online predator who has brutally attacked a young woman in her home, a crime that prompts Louise to set up an online profile on the dating s… OL21411586W
Am I cold Am I cold Martin Kongstad Copenhagen, 2008. Excess is in, austerity is out. The international crash is about to send everything tumbling down but everyone's too wasted to notice. And Mikkel Vallin's own bubble has already bur… OL24247967W
Miss Smilla's feeling for snow Miss Smilla's feeling for snow Peter Høeg 'The coffin is made of dark wood, it looks so small, and there is already a layer of snow on it' One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.The police pro… OL24286391W
The Danish Girl The Danish Girl David Ebershoff A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender… OL30557W