Series: Torben Helle

'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN 'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' - J.M. HALL A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited. It's going to be murder... Torben Helle - art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - has been dragged to...

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....