The Killing: Think you know how it ends? Think again
The most highly-praised TV crime series in recent years comes to the printed page in David’s reworking of The Killing as an epic crime novel.
On the outskirts of Copenhagen, a young girl is found raped and murdered. Detective Sarah Lund cancels her move to Sweden to take charge of the case, alongside Jan Meyer, the man who was supposed to replace her. The two soon they find themselves embroiled in Danish politics and internecine fighting within the police, while Nanna Birk Larsen’s parents struggle to cope with the weight of their loss.
A new take Søren Sveistrup’s TV masterpiece, The Killing takes the familiar story into the realm of the novel, with new insights, new twists and a shocking fresh ending that will astonish diehard Lund fans and newcomers alike.
Carnival for the Dead
A standalone outing for one of the Costa series’ most popular characters. It’s February, and Carnival time in Venice. Teresa Lupo is looking for her beloved bohemian aunt Sofia who has mysteriously disappeared. The puzzle deepens when a letter reveals a piece of fiction in which both Sofia and Teresa appear and characters who once seemed fiction now turn out to be real.
This adventurous journey into the dark history of Venice makes Teresa’s first solo departs from the style of the Costa series and takes the doughty Roman pathologist into new territory, in the dark byzantine alleys and piazzas of Carnivale. The Express says, ‘Carnival for the Dead is a reminder that we are in the hands of one of the most accomplished crime writers in this country’.



