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Three Dog Night

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Ex-convict Peter Boutrup has moved to remote, rural eastern Denmark to start a new life and leave his past behind.

But when a young woman goes missing on New Year's Eve and he then discovers the body of Ramses, an old acquaintance from prison, things start to unravel.

Two days after the disappearance they find the body of a young girl in the harbour - she is naked, attached to an anchor and her face has been torn off. Is this the body of the missing woman and is it connected with Ramses' murder

Peter Boutrup must accept that the answer lies hidden in the past that he is trying to forget.

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Praise for Three Dog Night

  • Egholm is a better storyteller than most other female crime writers ... It's thrilling and brutal - Ekstra Bladet

  • Add to this the supple language and the evocative descriptions of beauty as well as ugliness on Djursland, and the result is a highly recommended, bleak and captivating crime novel - Information

  • Both plot and characters go full throttle ... How it all connects is both surprising and imaginative - Politiken

  • The story is captivating and well told. The book has some cleverly turned twists in a focused narrative where the expected truths emerge during the dramatical final stand-off - metroXpress

Elsebeth Egholm

Elsebeth Egholm is a Danish author and journalist who lives in Jutland, Denmark. She has written ten books and in 2011 published Three Dog Night which was the start of a new series introducing ex-convict Peter Boutrup and was an instant bestseller. She created the TV series THOSE WHO KILL which has been remade in the US starring Chloe Sevigny.

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