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Copenhagen is a mysterious city where strange and sinister things often happen. Menacing and at times darkly humorous there are echoes of Roald Dahl and Daphne du Maurier in these stories, many of which have been specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4. From the commuter who bitterly regrets falling asleep on a late-night train in Last Train to Helsingør, to the mushroom hunter prepared to kill to guard her secret in The Chanterelles of Østvig. Here, the land of ‘hygge’ becomes one of twilight and shadows, as canny antique dealers and property sharks get their comeuppance at the hands of old ladies in Conning Mrs Vinterberg, and ghosts go off-script in The Wailing Girl. Deliciously dark and chilling, this is Nordic Noir at its finest.

When human remains turn up behind an apartment wall, DI Henrik Jungersen knows he is hunting for a killer that has been hiding in plain sight. Jensen, who should be enjoying maternity leave, is struggling with her own challenge – legendary author Valde Brix says he is her father. But Brix has an ulterior motive: he wants Jensen to use her sleuthing skills to find the stalker who is threatening to ruin his life. When a woman connected to Brix turns up brutally murdered, Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav become embroiled in Henrik’s investigation. It becomes clear that the stalker won’t stop,until Brix is destroyed. With growing horror, Jensen realises that her own loved ones are in mortal danger.

A missing child ... a tainted witness ... Jensen's darkest case yet ... 'Dark deeds and deep secrets abound in Heidi Amsinck's Copenhagen. A white-knuckle ride into hell.' IAN RANKIN. 'Amsinck's Copenhagen-set crime series is reliably excellent.' MAIL ON SUNDAY. 'Relentless tension pulses through every page of this meticulously plotted thriller.' THOMAS ENGER. Matilde Clausen, 9, vanishes from a crowded playground in the middle of Copenhagen, triggering a frantic search across the city. When a possible link emerges to the disappearance of Lea Hogh, 10, six years ago, DI Henrik Jungersen is thrown back into the nightmare that almost finished his career. Desperate for redemption, but barred from reopening the old case, Henrik turns to his estranged lover, Dagbladet chief crime reporter Jensen, for help. As the investigation reaches deep into Denmark s underworld, how will Henrik, Jensen, and her troubled teenage apprentice Gustav, escape the darkness that threatens to engulf them, in time to solve the mystery? What really happened to Lea? And where on earth is Matilde? READER REVIEWS FOR OUT OF THE DARK: 'Kept me on the edge of my seat' 'I plan on reading the rest of the series. Recommended!'

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.

When two more victims are attacked, the police lament a rise in violence against the elderly, but who is the young girl in the photo found by DI Henrik Jungersen on the scenes of crime? Impatient to claim her inheritance, Irene's daughter hires former Dagbladet reporter Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav to find the necklace.Questioning his own sanity, while trying to fix his marriage, Henrik finds himself once more pitched in a quest for the truth against Jensen - the one woman in Copenhagen he is desperate to avoid.

Guilty. One word on a beggar's cardboard sign. And now he is dead, stabbed in a wintry Copenhagen street, the second homeless victim in as many weeks. Dagbladet reporter Jensen, stumbling across the body on her way to work, calls her ex lover DI Henrik Jungersen. As, inevitably, old passions are rekindled, so are old regrets, and that is just the start of Jensen's troubles

Guilty. One word on a beggar's cardboard sign. And now he is dead, stabbed in a wintry Copenhagen street, the second homeless victim in as many weeks. Dagbladet reporter Jensen, stumbling across the body on her way to work, calls her ex lover DI Henrik Jungersen. As, inevitably, old passions are rekindled, so are old regrets, and that is just the start of Jensen's troubles. The front page is an open goal, but nothing feels right..... When a third body turns up, it seems certain that a serial killer is on the loose. But why pick on the homeless? And is the link to an old murder case just a coincidence? With her teenage apprentice Gustav, Jensen soon finds herself putting everything on the line to discover exactly who is guilty ...

Copenhagen is a mysterious city where strange and sinister things often happen. Menacing and at times darkly humorous there are echoes of Roald Dahl and Daphne du Maurier in these stories, many of which have been specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4. From the commuter who bitterly regrets falling asleep on a late-night train in Last Train to Helsingør, to the mushroom hunter prepared to kill to guard her secret in The Chanterelles of Østvig. Here, the land of ‘hygge’ becomes one of twilight and shadows, as canny antique dealers and property sharks get their comeuppance at the hands of old ladies in Conning Mrs Vinterberg, and ghosts go off-script in The Wailing Girl. Deliciously dark and chilling, this is Nordic Noir at its finest.

Skyldig. Ét enkeltord på en tiggers papskilt. Og nu er han død, stukket ihjel på gaden i det vinterlige København, og den anden hjemløse fundet knivdræbt inden for kort tid. Dagbladets reporter Jensen snubler nærmest over liget indhyllet i sne på vej til redaktionen en tidlig morgen. Hjemvendt efter femten år i London har hun ikke længere det største netværk, og hun ringer til kriminalkommissær Henrik Jungersen, som hun engang har haft en intens affære med. Gamle følelser genoplives, og det samme gør gamle fortrydelser. Men det viser sig bare at være starten på Jensens problemer. Hendes chef, den legendariske chefredaktør Margrethe Skov, er stærkt utilfreds med, at Jensen ikke har brugt sit førstehåndskendskab til sagen til at få Dagbladet til at løbe med forsiden. Men Jensen vil hellere komme til bunds i, hvad er sket med den unge mand …"Mit navn er Jensen" er første bind i en ny dansk krimiserie med reporter Jensen og København i hovedrollerne.Om forfatteren:Heidi Amsinck (f. 1967). Udover at være krimiforfatter – med "Mit navn er Jensen" som den første i en ny serie – står Heidi Amsinck bag en stribe dunkle skæbnenoveller produceret for BBC Radio 4. Heidi Amsinck er uddannet journalist og har siden 1992 boet og arbejdet i London, bl.a. som korrespondent for Børsen og Jyllands Posten og er i dag Global Head of Content for en større britisk bank.

Da den 90-årige Irene Valborg bliver fundet brutalt myrdet i en velhavende forstad til København, og hendes diamanthalskæde er forsvundet, ligner det et indbrud, der er gået galt. Da yderligere to ældre mennesker bliver ofre for brutale overfald, begræder politiet en stigning i vold mod ældre. Men hvem er den unge pige på billedet, som kriminalkommissær Henrik Jungersen finder på alle gerningssteder? Irenes datter er utålmodig efter at få adgang til den arv, hun har så meget brug for, og hyrer den tidligere reporter på Dagbladet, Jensen, og hendes teenage-sidekick Gustav til at finde den forsvundne halskæde. Henrik ser sig i sin søgen efter sandheden endnu en gang konfronteret med Jensen – den ene kvinde i København, som han vil gøre alt for at undgå at møde, i et desperat forsøg på at redde sit ægteskab.Heidi Amsinck (f. 1967 i København) er uddannet journalist og har siden 1992 boet og arbejdet i London, bl.a. som korrespondent for Børsen og Jyllands-Posten. Som barn var hun besat af Brødrene Grimms eventyr, men det var Roald Dahls sorthumoristiske Skæbnefortællinger på dansk tv i 1970erne, der for alvor grundlagde en livslang fascination af uhygge og menneskers mørke sider. Hun og Jensen har erobret mange krimilæseres hjerter med Mit navn er Jensen, bind 1 i serien.

Tredje bind i krimiserien om journalisten Jensen og kriminalkommissær Henrik Jungersen. Mens København sveder under rekordtemperaturer, dukker et lig uden hoved op i havnens grumsede vand. Et andet sted i byen forsvinder den syriske flygtning Aziz Almasi, chauffør for parlamentsmedlem Esben Nørregaard, sporløst. Af frygt for en lyssky kontakt fra sin fortid appellerer Esben til Jensen om at undersøge Aziz’ forsvinden. Kan liget i havnen være Aziz? Jensen og Henrik får endnu engang brug for hinanden for at afsløre sandheden - en, der er farligere, end de kunne have forestillet sig. Heidi Amsinck (f. 1967 i København) er uddannet journalist og har siden 1992 boet og arbejdet i London, bl.a. som korrespondent for Børsen og Jyllands-Posten. I dag er hun kommunikationsansvarlig i en større bank. I 2023 modtog hun Det Danske Krimiakademis pris for bedste debut med Mit navn er Jensen.

Niårige Matilde Clausen forsvinder sporløst fra en legeplads midt i København, og en febrilsk eftersøgning sættes i gang. Da en mulig forbindelse aftegner sig til en uopklaret efterforskning om en anden forsvundet pige, tiårige Lea Høgh, genoplever kriminalkommissær Henrik Jungersen et mareridt, der i sin tid nær kostede ham jobbet. Desperat efter at bøde for fortidens fejl må Henrik mod sin vilje række ud efter hjælp fra Jensen, journalist på Dagbladet – og hans tidligere kæreste. Jensen kaster sig hovedkulds ud i efterforskningen, en kærkommen anledning til at fortrænge den store forandring, der er på vej i hendes liv. Hvad skete der med Lea, og hvor er Matilde? Om forfatteren: Heidi Amsinck (f. 1967, København) er tidligere korrespondent i London for Børsen og Jyllands-Posten, og har 1992 boet og arbejdet i London. I 2023 modtog hun Det Danske Kriminalakademis Debutantpris for MIT NAVN ER JENSEN, bind 1 i Jensen-serien.