Eyja

by Katrine Engberg, Friðrika Benónýsdóttir ( Translator)

Jeppe Kørner er í leyfi á eyjunni Borgundarhólmi og Anette Werner er því einni falið að stýra rannsókninni á sundurlimuðu líki sem fannst í tösku grafinni í jörð á leikvelli í miðbænum. Rit­höfundurinn Esther de Laurenti kemur við sögu og brátt kemur Jeppe líka til skjalanna og við tekur rannsókn á ískyggilegu leyndarmáli sem á rætur í fortíðinni og tengist Borgundarhólmi.

Eyja er fjórða bókin sem kemur út á íslensku í Kaupmanna­hafnarseríunni eftir Katrine Engberg um lögregluforingjana Jeppe Kørner og Anette Werner. Bækurnar hafa slegið í gegn og vermt efstu sæti vinsældalista víða um heim.

Tilnefnd til Mofibo-verðlaunanna sem glæpasaga ársins í Danmörku.

„Nordic noir-meistaraverk.“ – Booklist

„Þessi bók heltekur mann.“ – Publishers Weekly

„Engberg skrifar af miklum krafti og lifandi stíls máti hennar nýtur sín í ljóðrænum lýs-ingum og lúmskum, stríðlyndum húmor ... Fáir eru henni fremri í að búa til flott plott.“ – Berlingske Tidende

355 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

Katrine Engberg is a Danish crime fiction author and former choreographer, dancer, stage director and actor.
Her debut novel was the novel “Crocodile Guardian” otherwise known as “The Tenant” that she first published in 2016 to widespread popularity. The book became a massive hit among reviewers and readers and got several nominations for a range of prestigious awards. She followed it up with “Blood Moon” an excellent crime novel that the Copenhagen newspaper wrote that crime queens should be shaking in their boots at the upstart soon taking their place. The novel would earn her an author of the year nomination. She would then write her third novel in the series titled “Glasvinge,” which was also a huge success just like her previous two works. The third novel got a MARTHA award nomination in 2018 and 2019.
Katrine Engberg was brought up in Østerbro and still lives in the town with her husband and their child.