Lead Review
- Book: Last Train to Helsingor
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Author: Heidi Amsinck
Last Train to Helsingør is the eponymous title of the first story in this slim volume, full of duplicitous perpetrators and situations with underlying menace.
Many are set in Copenhagen, but some are set beyond the capital, on the train to Helsingør, or Brokholm further North, for example.
Conniving elderly women will surely hook their victim in, the lure of an ancient Chinese vase too much for one antique dealer. Or woods full of those wonderful buttery mushrooms, in The Chanterelles of Østvig, who will there be to hunt them out in the future, as life ebbs away? And that window with a face, in the swish old “and most imposing apartment building in Frederiksberg” that you could visit today if you are in Copenhagen – the same face appears in every photo taken of the building over the last century. If it is indeed Mr Schliemann, then he must be well over 100 years old, and no-one has seen him, despite being the subject of investigation by Mrs Vonnebosch.
Viggo Jensen is retiring but he is reluctant to do so whilst the killer of Leif Heinemann is still at large, but soon he discovers the alarming story behind his murder…
These are easy to read stories and perfect for fans of #NordicNoir, that will capture the imagination and conjure up the oftentimes darker setting of the city and environs. A little horror, with the occasional supernatural elements keeps the stories individual and gruesomely entertaining. The book was read on BBC Radio 4
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