The Harbor, Katrine Engberg
The Harbor, Katrine Engberg
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The Harbor

Author: Katrine Engberg

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/22/2022


Synopsis

This “must-read for fans of Nordic noir” (BookPage, starred review) follows detectives Korner and Werner as they search for a missing teenager and uncover the web of lies that has threatened his life—and may prevent him from ever being found.

When fifteen-year-old Oscar Dreyer-Hoff disappears in this “masterpiece” (Booklist, starred review), the police assume he’s simply a runaway—a typically overlooked middle child doing what teenagers do all around the world. But his frantic family is certain that something terrible has happened. After all, what runaway would leave behind a note that reads:

He looked around and saw the knife that had stabbed Basil Hallward. He had cleaned it many times, till there was no stain left upon it. It was bright and glistened. As it had killed the painter, so it would kill the painter’s work, and all that that meant. It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.

It’s not much to go on, but it’s all that detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner have. And with every passing hour, as the odds of finding a missing person grow dimmer, it will have to be enough.

About Katrine Engberg

A former dancer and choreographer with a background in television and theater, Katrine Engberg launched a groundbreaking career as a novelist with the publication of her fiction debut, The Tenant. She is now one of the most widely read and beloved crime authors in Denmark, and her work has been sold in over twenty-five countries. She lives with her family in Copenhagen.

About Graeme Malcolm

Malcolm Graeme has appeared on and off Broadway in Aida, The King and I, Lincoln Center's Hapgood, and M. Butterfly (National Tour). His television appearances include Law & Order, Follow the River, and Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (with Laurence Olivier). Film credits include A Further Gesture, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, and Reunion.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 28, 2022

Oh my… this is my third waltz with Jeppe&Anette! Did I miss them? Absolutely I did! Jeppe’s never ending emotional turmoils after his divorce, adjusting his new life with his new partner means he needs to learn how to become a father of teenagers as Anette deals with becoming a baby mama ( at the se......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 11, 2023

[Revised 4/11/23] A Nordic noir mystery by a new (to me) Danish author. This is the third book in the series about a male-female team of Copenhagen detectives, Korner and Werner - Jeppe and Anette. We follow Jeppe and Anette not only on their investigation but also in their intriguing romantic lives.......more

Goodreads review by Pat on February 24, 2022

This was another cracking story in the Jeppe Kørner and Annette Werner series. It all boils down to greed! Fifteen year old student, Oscar Dreyer-Hoff is reported missing. Two days later a crane operator at a waste management facility which turns waste into green energy halts the machine when he see......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 18, 2022

Jeppe Korner and Annette Werner #4. ''Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen '' although as Jeppe and Annette discover in this investigation things are far from wonderful in several households. A crane operator at an incineration plant unearths something very unexpected amongst the waste and a missing 15 ye......more


Quotes

"Katrine Engberg is back with another atmospheric Copenhagen-based thriller, this one weaving family secrets and the art world. Narrator Graeme Malcolm voices Danish detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner in the fourth book in this Nordic noir series. When 15-year-old Oscar Dreyer–Hoff goes missing, the search is on to find him and untangle the disparate threads of the ties that bind. Malcolm’s British accent warms the listener to the protagonists working together against the backdrop of the harbor in this police procedural. As more bodies turn up, the heat is on, and the twists keep coming. This compelling audiobook leaves a shock in its final macabre moments."