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Danish journalist Heloise Kaldan receives the first in a series of cryptic and unsettling letters from a woman named Anna Kiel. Wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young lawyer three years earlier, Anna hasn't been seen by anyone since she left the crime scene covered in blood. While the letters keep coming, they hint at a connection between Anna and Heloise. As Heloise starts digging deeper, she realizes that to tell Anna's story she...
3) The tenant
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Korner and Werner mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a young woman is discovered brutally murdered in her own apartment, with an intricate pattern of lines carved into her face, Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are assigned to the case. In short order, they establish a link between the victim, Julie Stender, and her landlady, Esther de Laurenti, who's a bit too fond of drink and the host of raucous dinner parties with her artist friends. Esther also turns out to be a...
Series
Department Q volume 2
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Danish
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Morck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads. So he's naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his desk. A brother and sister were brutally murdered two decades earlier, and one of the suspects, part of a group of privileged boarding-school students, confessed and was convicted.
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Publisher
Batsford
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The satisfying craft of whittling has become more popular than ever--and these Scandinavian-style projects for the home will inspire both novices and experts with their beauty and simplicity. They include children's toys such as a bird whistle and ring catcher; practical items like door hooks and butter knives; and decorative necklaces, buttons, carved flowers, and a chess set. All the projects are amazingly easy, and with a visual step-by-step technique...
Series
Department Q volume 1
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Danish
Description
Carl Morck used to be one of Copenhagen's best homicide detectives. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects. Carl's been selected to run Department Q, with a stack of cold cases to keep him company.
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distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his partner, DS Charlie Nelson, team up with Danish detective Birgitte Poulsen to investigate the poisoning death of the head of Calder's Biscuits during a business trip to Copenhagen.
9) Hamlet
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Series
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
10) The drowned girl
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Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
It's clearly no ordinary drowning. When a young girl is pulled from the watery depths, a piece of concrete tied around her waist and two mysterious circular patches on the back of her neck, Detective Louise Rick is immediately called out to Holbaek Fjord. <> Her name was Samra, and when the police learn that she was a member of Holbaek's sizeable Muslim immigrant community, they immediately assume it was an honor killing. Yet her mother insists Samra...
Series
The team volume season 1
Publisher
MHz Choice
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Danish
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A woman is found in Copenhagen, killed with a shot through her left eye and one of her fingers cut off. Hours later, two more bodies are found similarly mutilated. Solving these killings is the task of the newly formed Joint Investigation Team, a small, mobile cross-border police unit dedicated to fighting international organized crime. Danish detective Harald Bjorn joins forces with German agent Jackie Mueller and Belgian officer Alicia Verbeek to...
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Gabriel Præest volume 1
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English
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"Everyone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel PrÆst agrees to investigate the matter because his ex--the one who got away--asked him to, he knew it was a no-win case. But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters; the Danish...
Series
Department Q volume 3
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Danish
Description
Detective Carl Morck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It's a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating in the ocean for years before turning up, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren't...
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"In WWII Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt assumes the identity of a common shipyard worker, rowing messages to Sweden for the Resistance. His life depends on keeping his secret hidden-a task that proves challenging when he meets Else Jensen, an American physicist who seems to see right through him"--
When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt assumes a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the...
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Department Q volume 7
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English
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"Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide investigation from over a decade ago, but the connection between the two victims confounds the police. Across...
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Series
Publisher
Duo Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has played with LEGO; toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention. This fun and engaging book tells the story of how a Danish carpenter and his family turned a desperate situation into the most popular toy in history. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO; Toys is the perfect read for those with creative spirits and curious minds. This...
Series
The world is yours volume season 1
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Viewers will travel to the Maltese Islands where adventure is abundant, then to Denmark to learn more about Viking ships, and other culturally rich locations around the world.
18) Torn curtain
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"World-famous American scientist Michael Armstrong, and his fiancee/assistant, Sarah Sherman, travel to Copenhagen for a physics conference. When Sarah mistakenly intercepts a message meant for Armstrong, she believes that he is secretly defecting to East Germany. Or is he? As Armstrong goes undercover to glean top-secret information, the couple find themslves running for their lives from enemy agents"--Container.
Series
The Sommerdahl murders volume series 2
Publisher
[Acorn Media]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Danish
Description
"Contains violence, strong language, and sexual situations"--
"In the seaside Danish town of Elsinore, the personal and professional converge for DCI Dan Sommerdahl ... ; his estranged wife, criminal technician Marianne ... ; and his best pal and partner, Detective Flemming Torp ... . Separated after 25 years of marriage, Dan now asks for a divorce despite still being in love with Marianne. She, meanwhile, wants to rediscover herself--which gets...
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