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Lene Kaaberbol

Biography

Lene Kaaberbol

Lene Kaaberbøl, the New York Times bestselling author of DOCTOR DEATH, has sold more than two million books worldwide. She has won several awards for her fiction, including a nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen medal. Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages. Kaaberbøl is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE. Kaaberbøl, born in Copenhagen, now lives on the Channel Island of Sark.

Lene Kaaberbol

Books by Lene Kaaberbol

by Lene Kaaberbol - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

On June 2, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot’s assassination, France descends into chaos and riots in the streets of Varbourg. Many lives are lost in the mayhem, but when one lady of the night is found murdered with brutal incisions and no sign of a struggle, it is clear something is amiss. Madeleine Karno must ask herself the terrifying question: Do they have their very own Jack the Ripper in France? Madeleine must do whatever it takes --- investigate the darkest corners of the city and even work undercover --- to track down a murderer at large. But if there’s one thing the press has right about “Mademoiselle Death,” it’s this: it takes a woman to find a killer of women.

written by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis, translated by Elisabeth Dyssegaard - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

In an attempt to save their marriage, Nina Borg and her husband traveled to a beach resort in the Philippines for a dream vacation. Only now, six months later, does Nina begin to understand the devastating repercussions of that trip --- repercussions that have followed her home across the globe to Denmark. On an icy winter day, she is attacked outside the grocery store. The last thing she hears before losing consciousness is her assailant asking her forgiveness. Only later does she understand that this isn’t for what he’s just done, but for what he plans to do.

by Lene Kaaberbol - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

When 17-year-old Cecile Montaine is found dead, her family will not permit a full post-mortem autopsy. Madeleine Karno and her pathologist father are left with a single mysterious clue: in the dead girl’s nostrils is a type of parasite normally seen only in dogs. Soon after, the priest who held vigil by the dead girl’s corpse is brutally murdered. The thread that connects these two events is a tangled one, and as the death toll mounts, Madeleine must seek knowledge in odd places.

written by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis, translated from the Danish by Elisabeth Dyssegaard - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg has been following Natasha Doroshenko's case for years now. Nina, who had tried to help Natasha leave her abusive Danish fiancé more than once, can't see the young Ukrainian mother as a vicious killer. But in her effort to protect Natasha's daughter and discover the truth, Nina realizes there is much she didn't know about this woman and her past.

by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis - Fiction, Mystery

In this follow-up to THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE, Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg doesn’t realize she is putting life and family on the line when she tries to treat a group of sick Hungarian gypsies who are living illegally in a Copenhagen garage. Nina has unwittingly thrown herself into a deadly nest of the unscrupulous and the desperate, and what is at stake is much more terrifying than anyone had realized.

by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis - Fiction, Mystery

When her estranged friend Karin leaves her with a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Red Cross nurse Nina Borg makes a shocking discovery. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the locker is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive.