Last Train to Helsingor
Published on 11. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-9998117-6-1 (ISBN)
Description
Copenhagen is a mysterious city where strange and sinister things often happen. Menacing and at times darkly humorous there are echoes of Roald Dahl and Daphne du Maurier in these stories, many of which have been specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4.
From the commuter who bitterly regrets falling asleep on a late-night train in Last Train to Helsingor, to the mushroom hunter prepared to kill to guard her secret in The Chanterelles of Ostvig.
Here, the land of 'hygge' becomes one of twilight and shadows, as canny antique dealers and property sharks get their comeuppance at the hands of old ladies in Conning Mrs Vinterberg, and ghosts go off-script in The Wailing Girl.
Deliciously dark and chilling, this is Nordic Noir at its finest.
From the commuter who bitterly regrets falling asleep on a late-night train in Last Train to Helsingor, to the mushroom hunter prepared to kill to guard her secret in The Chanterelles of Ostvig.
Here, the land of 'hygge' becomes one of twilight and shadows, as canny antique dealers and property sharks get their comeuppance at the hands of old ladies in Conning Mrs Vinterberg, and ghosts go off-script in The Wailing Girl.
Deliciously dark and chilling, this is Nordic Noir at its finest.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9998117-6-1 (9781999811761)
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Heidi Amsinck is a writer and journalist born in Copenhagen. She has had many stories commissioned for radio but this is her first published collection. She was previously shortlisted for the VS Pritchett Memorial Prize.