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Ketil Brandt #1
Danska zanka
Den tidligere krigsreporter Ketil Brandt er parkeret bag et skrivebord i Københavns Lufthavn efter et hårdhændet sammenstød med en spindoktor og efterfølgende band-
lysning i dansk dagspresse. Da hans gamle ven, lastbil-
chaufføren Michael Jensen, findes dræbt i Slovenien, bliver Ketil Brandt involveret i opklaringen sammen med politiet i Ljubljana.
Snart viser det sig, at Ketil Brandt bliver brugt som en brik i et livsfarligt spil med tråde til trafficking, kriminelle menneskesmuglere, korrupte samfundsspidser – og en kvindelig dansk håndboldstjerne.
For at slippe ud af fælden indleder Ketil et risikabelt parløb med den smukke slovenske journalist, Ines Sivonik. Med flere forfølgere i hælene kæmper de to nu en kamp mod tiden for at komme til bunds i en chokerende virkelighed bag mordet på Ketils gamle ven.
Den danske lokkedue er den første bog i en serie med journalisten Ketil Brandt som hovedperson.
Snart viser det sig, at Ketil Brandt bliver brugt som en brik i et livsfarligt spil med tråde til trafficking, kriminelle menneskesmuglere, korrupte samfundsspidser – og en kvindelig dansk håndboldstjerne.
For at slippe ud af fælden indleder Ketil et risikabelt parløb med den smukke slovenske journalist, Ines Sivonik. Med flere forfølgere i hælene kæmper de to nu en kamp mod tiden for at komme til bunds i en chokerende virkelighed bag mordet på Ketils gamle ven.
Den danske lokkedue er den første bog i en serie med journalisten Ketil Brandt som hovedperson.
- GenresFiction
381 pages, Paperback
First published April 8, 2011
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About the author
Henrik Brun
14 books1 followerHenrik Brun (born 1968) is a Danish writer. He is the author behind the series about the journalist Ketil Brandt. So far the series counts the books “Decoy. Danish”, “The Norwegian Lackey”, “The Swedish Liar”, “The Finnish Patriot” and “The Polish Fortune Hunter”. The books can be read independently.
Brun is originally educated as a journalist from the Danish School of Journalism in 1993, and he also has taken a Masters in European Journalism through a study in the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
From 1995 to 2004 he was a travelling foreign news reporter for the Danish daily Information, and from 2005 until 2014 he was Foreign News Editor at the newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. In 2002 he received the European Commission’s Lorenzo Natali Prize for his reporting on human rights, democracy and development and in 2001 he was nominated for the Danish Cavling-prize on investigative journalism.
When finding the right scenes for his books – not to mention creating the plots – Henrik Brun makes use of his knowledge about international relations and his experiences from many European countries.
Thus the first novel, ”Decoy.Danish” takes place in his favourite town – Lubjljana, the capital of Slovenia. This city is still a little secret in Europe, and the writer found it natural to make it an unusual scene for his main character Ketil Brandt’s first thrilling adventures.
”The Norwegian Lackey” takes the reader to the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway. Especially the cities of the Hague and Oslo are being used as locations for the drama, and of course the Danish cities of Copenhagen (where Brun lives) and Silkeborg (where he was born and raised).
Sweden and Cyprus are two other places that Brun knows very well through his journalistic experiences, and so this has helped him to find the right scenes for the third book, “The Swedish Liar” – a book that takes place in Malmoe and Stockholm with the Cyprus-problem as the political thrill behind the crimes committed.
Henrik Brun has shown skills in being ahead of time when he creates his plots, and the fourth book – “The Finnish Patriot” – is really an evidence of that. The drama that takes place in Finland and the Baltic states has become more realistic and actual than he could imagine due to the events in Ukraine and the new tense relations between Russia and the EU/NATO.
Also the fifth book, The Polish Fortune Hunter, is an highly actual drama that takes place in a Europe in an existential crisis. The reader is taken to Denmark, Sweden and – not the least – Poland, which is a country that Henrik Brun knows very well.
Brun is originally educated as a journalist from the Danish School of Journalism in 1993, and he also has taken a Masters in European Journalism through a study in the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
From 1995 to 2004 he was a travelling foreign news reporter for the Danish daily Information, and from 2005 until 2014 he was Foreign News Editor at the newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. In 2002 he received the European Commission’s Lorenzo Natali Prize for his reporting on human rights, democracy and development and in 2001 he was nominated for the Danish Cavling-prize on investigative journalism.
When finding the right scenes for his books – not to mention creating the plots – Henrik Brun makes use of his knowledge about international relations and his experiences from many European countries.
Thus the first novel, ”Decoy.Danish” takes place in his favourite town – Lubjljana, the capital of Slovenia. This city is still a little secret in Europe, and the writer found it natural to make it an unusual scene for his main character Ketil Brandt’s first thrilling adventures.
”The Norwegian Lackey” takes the reader to the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway. Especially the cities of the Hague and Oslo are being used as locations for the drama, and of course the Danish cities of Copenhagen (where Brun lives) and Silkeborg (where he was born and raised).
Sweden and Cyprus are two other places that Brun knows very well through his journalistic experiences, and so this has helped him to find the right scenes for the third book, “The Swedish Liar” – a book that takes place in Malmoe and Stockholm with the Cyprus-problem as the political thrill behind the crimes committed.
Henrik Brun has shown skills in being ahead of time when he creates his plots, and the fourth book – “The Finnish Patriot” – is really an evidence of that. The drama that takes place in Finland and the Baltic states has become more realistic and actual than he could imagine due to the events in Ukraine and the new tense relations between Russia and the EU/NATO.
Also the fifth book, The Polish Fortune Hunter, is an highly actual drama that takes place in a Europe in an existential crisis. The reader is taken to Denmark, Sweden and – not the least – Poland, which is a country that Henrik Brun knows very well.
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September 2, 2016
Danska zanka je krimič, ki se mu opazi, da ga ni pisal obrtnik. Brun v knjigi ni želel zgolj napisati dinamične zgodbe o lovu na hudodelce, temveč je skozi poudarke na socialno zgodovinsko tematiko, ki ostaja del nas še naprej, v ospredje potisnil govor o korupciji, izkoriščevanju, zlorabi in nemoči, hkrati pa tudi o humanizmu in vztrajanju na razreševanju problemov. Avtor kot novinar svojemu poklicu nameni osrednjo vlogo zgodbe, na dva različna načina, ki lahko prikazujeta tudi dva obraza delovanja v tem poklicu. Z menjavanjem fokusa na različne akterje zgodbe spretno prikazuje različne plasti vpletenosti v probleme, ki jih izpostavlja.
In čeprav je ena od osnovnih privlačnosti, kot sem že omenil, prav geografija zgodbe, ki se odvija v naših krajih in bi lahko pomislili, zakaj ravno pri nas, je eden od pomembnih stranskih produktov tega "da, pri nas je tako" natanko univerzalnost zatrjevanja tega, ne glede na prostor v katerem se govoreči nahaja. Bistven del tega slednjega je namreč ta, da v tem zatrjevanju ni prostorske komponente, temveč časovna. Danska zanka, navkljub primarno žanrskem poslanstvu, kaže na stališče časa in efektivno posega po družbeno-kritični noti. Dasiravno ne brez zatikanj v strukturi in pripovedi, gre za dobro branje, ki bo v prvi vrsti potešilo ljubitelje kriminalk, obenem pa nagovorilo tudi tiste, ki v tovrstnem branju iščejo nekaj več. Zato bi bila škoda, če bi Danska zanka do slednjih ne prišla.
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In čeprav je ena od osnovnih privlačnosti, kot sem že omenil, prav geografija zgodbe, ki se odvija v naših krajih in bi lahko pomislili, zakaj ravno pri nas, je eden od pomembnih stranskih produktov tega "da, pri nas je tako" natanko univerzalnost zatrjevanja tega, ne glede na prostor v katerem se govoreči nahaja. Bistven del tega slednjega je namreč ta, da v tem zatrjevanju ni prostorske komponente, temveč časovna. Danska zanka, navkljub primarno žanrskem poslanstvu, kaže na stališče časa in efektivno posega po družbeno-kritični noti. Dasiravno ne brez zatikanj v strukturi in pripovedi, gre za dobro branje, ki bo v prvi vrsti potešilo ljubitelje kriminalk, obenem pa nagovorilo tudi tiste, ki v tovrstnem branju iščejo nekaj več. Zato bi bila škoda, če bi Danska zanka do slednjih ne prišla.
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June 12, 2013
Dette er en bog om menneskehandel, korruption og trafficking på Balkan. Handlingen svarer super fint til det der står på bagsiden og den holder hvad den lover. En super spændende historie fra start til slut og jeg nød virkelig at det foregik i Slovenien med afstikkere til blandt andet Bosnien og Kroatien. Ketil Brandt bliver uden sit vidende lokkedue for det slovenske politi og SOVA (Sloveniens svar på en efterretningstjeneste) for at finde bagmændende til mordet på hans gamle ven Michael Jensen der var lastbilschauffør for den store detailkæde SANJE og bagmændende til den menneskehandel af blandt andet kvinder fra Moldavien der skulle bruges som prostituerede. Flowet i historien var rigtig god og den toppede med det klimaks som man næsten havde forventet. Jeg synes dog Henrik Brun kom lidt for let hen over slutningen, men sådanne er det jo nu en gang med mange krimier. Der var lidt slåfejl i bogen og det kan godt være en smule irriterende når du sidder og virkelig lever dig ind i historien. Alt i alt så kan jeg virkelig godt anbefale den til andre læsere der gerne vil læse noget andet end det sædvanelige som står på krimihylden.
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