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Helle’s Hound

Series: Torben Helle
Brief Description
A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery. A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog. Dame Charlotte Lazerton, eminent art historian and mentor of Danish academic Torben Helle, is dead. To make matters worse, she was found partially eaten by her Irish wolfhound, Mortimer. While... Read More
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Helle’s Hound

The new novel from the highly acclaimed author of Helle and Death, this is Golden Age crime for the twenty-first century

The new novel from the highly acclaimed author of Helle and Death, this is Golden Age crime for the twenty-first century

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A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery. A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog.

Dame Charlotte Lazerton, eminent art historian and mentor of Danish academic Torben Helle, is dead. To make matters worse, she was found partially eaten by her Irish wolfhound, Mortimer.

While the police believe she died of natural causes, Torben becomes convinced Charlotte was murdered. However, as usual, no one pays any attention to him. That is, until he gains the confidence of a policeman who has watched too many Nordic Noir television shows and is ready to listen to any Scandinavian in a fetching woolly jumper.

Aided by his old friend Leyla, Torben soon realises there are plenty of people who might have wanted Dame Charlotte dead, from her competitors for a prestigious academic presidency to old enemies from her time in intelligence during the Cold War.

One thing is for sure: Torben Helle is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it...

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Tom Hindle, Richard Osman, and Janice Hallett.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800811775

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viper

Edition: Export/Airside

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Oskar Jensen is an author and academic. He researches songs at Newcastle University, and has written scholarly tomes on Napoleon, ballad-singing, and most recently the London streets, with 2022's Vagabonds. He is a BBC New Generation Thinker, appearing frequently on Radios 3 and 4, as well as showing up in the New Statesman, on Who Do You Think You Are?, and as historical advisor for 2018's Vanity Fair and a forthcoming major motion picture. His debut adult novel, Helle and Death, was published in 2023.

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