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Danmark, København, ca 2015
Journalisten Heloise Kaldan kommer sammen med Martin Duvall og er ca fem uger henne i en graviditet. Hun har ikke lyst til at havne i børne-fælden, så hun er lige omkring lægen for at få en pille til en medicinsk abort. Mens hun er der, bryder lægesekretæren ind,
Heloise aborterer spontant og benytter lejligheden til at få Martin verfet ud af sit liv. Både Heloise og Schäfer finder ud af at det er faren, Jens Bjerre, der efter udsendelse for Læger Uden Grænser har ændret adfærd, er blevet narkoman og er begyndt at banke Lukas.
Faktisk opdager Schäfer at Jens har forsøgt at myrde Lukas. En Salah Ahmed har myrdet Thomas Strand, men har også reddet Lukas op af vandet ved Kastellet og har kørt ham ud til mosteren, Camilla Lyng, som han kalder Kiki. Her finder Schäfer Lukas og får ham med tilbage.
Da Schäfer forsøger at anholde faderen Jens Bjerre, hopper denne ud over altankanten og begår selvmord. Moderen, Anne Sofie, har gode intentioner om at holde sig ædru. Fra i morgen. Og Lukas har nok hældt rottegift i den flaske vodka, hun har gemt i kælderen, så det er ikke sikkert at i morgen er en god dag.
Mercedes-snittet er det snit, en obducent bruger for at se om en død person har ar i hjertet. I overført betydning har mange af personerne i bogen her præcis ar i hjertet. Forhåbentlig har ikke alle med ar i hjertet de samme udadreagerende reflekser, som personerne i denne velskrevne krimi.
Journalisten Heloise Kaldan kommer sammen med Martin Duvall og er ca fem uger henne i en graviditet. Hun har ikke lyst til at havne i børne-fælden, så hun er lige omkring lægen for at få en pille til en medicinsk abort. Mens hun er der, bryder lægesekretæren ind,
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for lægens søn er forsvundet på vej fra skole til friitidsordning. Sønnen hedder Lukas Bjerre og er ti år. Politimanden Erik Schäfer er lige kommet hjem fra ferie og ham og hans kollega Lisa Augustin arbejder i afdelingen for personfarlig kriminalitet og bliver sat på sagen. Faktisk har Lukas været væk siden om morgenen. Man har set ham gå ind ad porten, men han var der ikke til første time og læreren har bare meldt ham fraværende uden at undre sig. Heloise er undersøgende journalist og arbejder i samme gruppe som Mogens Bøttger under redaktionschefen Karen Aagaard. Heloise har en veninde, Gerda Bendix, arbejder med traumatiserede soldater med PTSD og har en barn på den skole, hvor Lukas går. Hun kender også forældrene Anne Sofie og Jens Bjerre. De har været sammen i 14 år, gift i 12 og Lukas er deres eneste barn. Drengen ser ud til at være væk, væk, så politiet trapper lynhurtigt op. Politihunde finder en blodig hættetrøje i en affaldscontainer. Og Schäfers kollega Nils Petter Bertelsen og Lars Bro, der er hans pendant til Lisa Augustin gør klar til at køre i døgndrift. Læreren Kevin Shinji finder Lucas næste dag liggende i vandet med et tyndt lag is over i voldgraven på Kastellet. Heldigvis er det kun hans jakke. I en busk finder de nogle af hans ting, blandt andet hans iphone. Han har en Instagram konto og har specialiseret sig i billeder af ting, der ligner ansigter. Og i en bog ligger en besked fra en Kiki som moderen siger hun aldrig har hørt om, men det er ikke rigtigt. DNA fra jakken matcher en Thomas Strand på 29, men han ligger død i sin seng, da politiet banker på. Likvideret mens han sov med et skud lyddæmpet med en bagekartoffel. Et motiv af en lade går igen på drengens iphone. En forfalden lade. Heloise har sneget sig til et kig i Erik Schäfers mappe og hun synes hun har set laden før. Hun kører et smut til Rørvig, men den lade var det vist ikke. Henne i supermarkedet arbejder en lidt sær fyr i grøntsagsafdelingen. Han hedder Finn, men bliver kaldt Æblemanden. Gerda Bendix har haft Thomas Strand som klient og er i en periode blevet stalket af ham. Gerda har en affære med en kollega Kareem. Det viser sig at Finn bare har snupptet Lukas rygsæk fordi den ser pæn ud, så Æblemanden er uden for mistanke.Heloise aborterer spontant og benytter lejligheden til at få Martin verfet ud af sit liv. Både Heloise og Schäfer finder ud af at det er faren, Jens Bjerre, der efter udsendelse for Læger Uden Grænser har ændret adfærd, er blevet narkoman og er begyndt at banke Lukas.
Faktisk opdager Schäfer at Jens har forsøgt at myrde Lukas. En Salah Ahmed har myrdet Thomas Strand, men har også reddet Lukas op af vandet ved Kastellet og har kørt ham ud til mosteren, Camilla Lyng, som han kalder Kiki. Her finder Schäfer Lukas og får ham med tilbage.
Da Schäfer forsøger at anholde faderen Jens Bjerre, hopper denne ud over altankanten og begår selvmord. Moderen, Anne Sofie, har gode intentioner om at holde sig ædru. Fra i morgen. Og Lukas har nok hældt rottegift i den flaske vodka, hun har gemt i kælderen, så det er ikke sikkert at i morgen er en god dag.
Mercedes-snittet er det snit, en obducent bruger for at se om en død person har ar i hjertet. I overført betydning har mange af personerne i bogen her præcis ar i hjertet. Forhåbentlig har ikke alle med ar i hjertet de samme udadreagerende reflekser, som personerne i denne velskrevne krimi.
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Publication
[Kbh.] : Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2018.
Description
"When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia--a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn--but from where? When Luke's blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen's Citadel, DNA evidence points to Thomas Strand, an ex-soldier suffering from severe PTSD. But then Strand turns up dead in his apartment, shot in the head execution style. What did the last person to see Lukas really witness that morning in the school yard? Was it really Lukas, or an optical illusion?"--… (more)
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LibraryThing member pgchuis
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.
This centres on the disappearance of a child, and switches between the perspectives of the police officers investigating the case and an investigative journalist who finds herself in the middle of things. Handily she is also really
I found the translation so clunky in places that it took me out of the story: 'he tried to light his lighter'/'he got his lighter lit' and the very non-idiomatic (in English) 'sensing that they were moving out into an opium field packed full of land mines' to mean their conversation was entering dangerous territory, being just a few examples.
This centres on the disappearance of a child, and switches between the perspectives of the police officers investigating the case and an investigative journalist who finds herself in the middle of things. Handily she is also really
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good friends with one of the police officers and her best friend's daughter knows the missing boy. I found this a fairly good read, although elements of the plot puzzle me. The ending made sense, but there hadn't been enough clues for the reader to work it out.I found the translation so clunky in places that it took me out of the story: 'he tried to light his lighter'/'he got his lighter lit' and the very non-idiomatic (in English) 'sensing that they were moving out into an opium field packed full of land mines' to mean their conversation was entering dangerous territory, being just a few examples.
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LibraryThing member pomo58
The Collector, from Anne Mette Hancock, is a tense and exciting trip through a labyrinthine investigation, culminating in a great ending.
While this is the second in a series it can easily be read as a standalone, though I would recommend reading The Corpse Flower as well simply because it is a good
Though I used the term labyrinthine I don't mean to imply it is a difficult book to follow, it isn't. Though paying close attention to what you read pays huge benefits here. Interconnectedness might have been a better word for me to use, but either works.
Every reader has their preferences about the minor aspects of a book, and chapter length is something that I tend to notice. This book worked very well for me. Some good size chapters when needed and plenty of short chapters that seem to propel the narrative when they come into play. Sometimes these things matter and mixing the length does a lot to help a reader focus on detail in some chapters while hold on tight in others.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy suspense and challenging concepts in their crime novels.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
While this is the second in a series it can easily be read as a standalone, though I would recommend reading The Corpse Flower as well simply because it is a good
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book. Plus we can all use more book series to add to our list, right? Though I used the term labyrinthine I don't mean to imply it is a difficult book to follow, it isn't. Though paying close attention to what you read pays huge benefits here. Interconnectedness might have been a better word for me to use, but either works.
Every reader has their preferences about the minor aspects of a book, and chapter length is something that I tend to notice. This book worked very well for me. Some good size chapters when needed and plenty of short chapters that seem to propel the narrative when they come into play. Sometimes these things matter and mixing the length does a lot to help a reader focus on detail in some chapters while hold on tight in others.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy suspense and challenging concepts in their crime novels.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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LibraryThing member bfolds
Well-crafted story by an author who is new to me. I look forward to reading more in the series.
LibraryThing member Cherylk
This is my first introduction to author, Anne Mette Hancock. After reading this book, I really want to go back and check out book one, The Corpse Flower. While I was reading this book, I was getting vibes of another Danish author, David Newson. He is the author of The Killing that was made into a
As soon as I started reading, I immediately got sucked into this book. To the fact that I literally finished it in a matter of a few hours in one sitting. Heloise and Schafer both had different ways of investigating the case of the missing child. It was intriguing to get both viewpoints.
I honestly had no clue as to where the story was going to take me. In other words, I never saw the ending coming. Which is the biggest reveal of this story. A strong ending to a strong story with The Collector!
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television series by the same name. The show is sadly no more.As soon as I started reading, I immediately got sucked into this book. To the fact that I literally finished it in a matter of a few hours in one sitting. Heloise and Schafer both had different ways of investigating the case of the missing child. It was intriguing to get both viewpoints.
I honestly had no clue as to where the story was going to take me. In other words, I never saw the ending coming. Which is the biggest reveal of this story. A strong ending to a strong story with The Collector!
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LibraryThing member breakfastatholly
This was a great follow-up to the first in the series and a really enjoyable thriller that kept me guessing! Although this is #2 in a series, you don't have to have read the first one to understand what's going on - this story and the characters stand on their own just fine, but it is enhanced if
[SPOILERS BELOW]
I loved that the mystery in this was hard to piece together (for both the characters and the reader) and that in fact it didn't get tied up neatly as the act of only one person. This was a complex story with multiple overlapping mysteries. The ending was also quite chilling - don't drink that vodka, Anne Sofie!!
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you know the backstory from the previous book. The book also didn't do too much filling you in on what happened in the previous book (which I think can be annoying for readers regardless of if they read it or not). [SPOILERS BELOW]
I loved that the mystery in this was hard to piece together (for both the characters and the reader) and that in fact it didn't get tied up neatly as the act of only one person. This was a complex story with multiple overlapping mysteries. The ending was also quite chilling - don't drink that vodka, Anne Sofie!!
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LibraryThing member EdGoldberg
This is the second in the Kaldan and Schafer mystery series by Anne Mette Hancock after the Corpse Flower. It is a dark story as was its predecessor but it was not as compelling as the first book. I'm not even sure what the title has to do with the book.
The Collector deals with Hannah Kaldan's
I was disappointed as I really liked The Corpse Flower.
The Collector deals with Hannah Kaldan's
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internal struggles about having a child more than her investigative abilities. Eric Schafer is having trouble making the evidence make any sense. As a result, this mish mash is not overly engrossing.I was disappointed as I really liked The Corpse Flower.
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LibraryThing member terran
This book starts out with an unnamed man seeing someone drop a child from a bridge. Abruptly, the next chapter flips to Heloise Kaldan in her doctor's office, considering an abortion. Her appointment is cut short when the doctor receives a call telling him that his son is missing from school.
Because I didn't read the first book in this series, I don't know how the friendship between Kaldan and Schafer began. The fact that Heloise is a reporter assigned to write about the case on which Schafer is working turns out to cause problems between the two of them. And Heloise's ambivalence towards her partner and pregnancy is another stressor in her life. In spite of the tension between them, Kaldan provides assistance to Schafer in the solution of the crime, and they maintain their friendship through various personal issues. Although the inclusion of personal crises and problems distracted from the police investigation of the missing child case, I did appreciate getting to know the two main characters and gained an understanding of them.
The chapters were short and a little choppy feeling, but that also made it a fast read, especially since there was always something happening. The ending took me by surprise, and I didn't feel like the motivation was entirely explained. But overall I enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the next installment in the series.
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Another segue to detective Erik Schafer being called by his partner to report to said school to respond to a missing boy. Because I didn't read the first book in this series, I don't know how the friendship between Kaldan and Schafer began. The fact that Heloise is a reporter assigned to write about the case on which Schafer is working turns out to cause problems between the two of them. And Heloise's ambivalence towards her partner and pregnancy is another stressor in her life. In spite of the tension between them, Kaldan provides assistance to Schafer in the solution of the crime, and they maintain their friendship through various personal issues. Although the inclusion of personal crises and problems distracted from the police investigation of the missing child case, I did appreciate getting to know the two main characters and gained an understanding of them.
The chapters were short and a little choppy feeling, but that also made it a fast read, especially since there was always something happening. The ending took me by surprise, and I didn't feel like the motivation was entirely explained. But overall I enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the next installment in the series.
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Language
Original language
Danish
Physical description
332 p.; 23.3 cm
ISBN
9788711693261
Local notes
Omslag: Anne Mette Hancock, Simon Lilholt, Imperiet
Omslaget viser et tomt obduktionsbord
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Mercedessnittet
Side 114: Og hvem er så den kønne unge mand, du har taget med denne gang?
Side 269: mønter (typo for mønster)
Omslaget viser et tomt obduktionsbord
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Mercedessnittet
Side 114: Og hvem er så den kønne unge mand, du har taget med denne gang?
Side 269: mønter (typo for mønster)
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332
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