Hardback: It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case.
Two years since Detective Sarah Lund left Copenhagen in disgrace for a remote outpost in northern Denmark.
When the body of a female lawyer is found in macabre circumstances in a military graveyard, there are elements of the crime scene that take Head of Homicide, Lennart Brix, back to an occupied wartime Denmark - a time its countrymen would wish to forget.
Brix knows that Lund is the one person he can rely on to discover the truth.
Reluctantly she returns to Copenhagen and becomes intrigued with the facts surrounding the case.
As more bodies are found, Lund comes to see a pattern and she realizes that the identity of the killer will be known once the truth behind a more recent wartime mission is finally revealed.
About the author: David Hewson is well-known for his crime-thriller fiction set in European cities. He is the author of nine novels in the highly acclaimed Detective Nic Costa series, which are set mostly in Rome. His most recent novel, apart from The Killing (2012), is Carnival for the Dead (2012) - set in Venice.
David spent time in Copenhagen researching and writing the novel of The Killing, which was created and based on the original screenplay by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR - the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. The Killing has won prestigious awards throughout Europe including a BAFTA, Best European Production at Monte Carlo TV Festival and numerous International Emmy nominations. It was highly acclaimed in the UK and became a cult phenomenon when it was shown on BBC4 in 2011.
The next book, The Killing III, will be out on 13 February 2014. Hurray!
The trailer for Killing II:
Rating: 5/5
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