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The Tenant
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg
An electrifying work of literary suspense from international bestselling author Katrine Engberg, this stunning debut introduces two police detectives struggling to solve a shocking murder and stop a killer hell-bent on revenge. When a young woman is discovered brutally murdered in her own apartment, with an intricate pattern of lines carved into her face, Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are assigned to the case. In short order, they establish a link between the victim, Julie Stender, and her landlady, Esther de Laurenti, whos a bit too fond of drink and the host of raucous dinner parties with her artist friends. Esther also turns out to be a budding novelistand when Julie turns up as a murder victim in the still-unfinished mystery shes writing, the link between fiction and real life grows both more urgent and more dangerous. But Esthers role in this twisted scenario is not quite as clear as it first seems. Is she the culpritor just another victim, trapped in a twisted game of vengeance? Anette and Jeppe must dig more deeply into the two womens pasts to discover the identity of the brutal puppet-master pulling the strings in this electrifying literary thriller. Hailed as inconceivably thrilling (Fyens Stiftstidende, Denmark), The Tenant is a work of stunning originality that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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Sarah93
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Sarah93
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LittlebearReads
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg
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This is such a good lil‘ mystery I read it twice (once in English a few years back, and now in the original Danish)! I do feel like a significant amount gets lost in translation, but not enough to impact the overall plot and enjoyment thereof.

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LittlebearReads
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Danish is my first language, yet one I rarely read in. So far, this one‘s been worth all the effort it took to get it in the original, though, as so much of the linguistic humor did not survive translation (I read the US version in 2022).

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LittlebearReads
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If my mom has ever regretted raising a reader, I think it might‘ve been the moment where I asked her to go to the grocery store an hour from her house and get me books on sale, then mail them across the Atlantic (5th one‘s coming, too). 😂

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Kangaj1
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Pickpick

This was my #doublespin for @TheAromaofBooks

I really liked this twisty, slow burn mystery and have book 2 on hold.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Yuki_Onna
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg
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Late to the party again... Only now learned about it. Why wasn't I tagged, Andrew?!🤨 Hmpfff... 😂
@Andrew65

Joining #JoyousJanuary #readathon - my goal: to read as much as possible, as always.
Maybe finish the tagged book. But no pressure.

#January #enjoyreading

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, late or not. Good luck. 😁

I‘ve checked back and you are on the tag list on the post. Litsy seems to be having a few issues over the last few days so don‘t know if it‘s that which caused a problem with it.
2y
Yuki_Onna @Andrew65 Thanks!😁Hope you got that I was kidding above!🙃 2y
Andrew65 @Yuki_Onna Yes 😁 2y
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emmaturi
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Mehso-so

First book in a series set in Denmark, two police officers are assigned a case where a young women has symbols curved into her face. I thought it was OK but not enough to continue the series.

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Gissy
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erickahhh
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Pickpick

This was a very fast paced detective novel that had me guessing until the very end. I was interested to see how the plot unfolded and who was involved in the murder. It was an interesting story with lots of twists and turns. There were some aspects of the book I thought were a bit over done, but it was entertaining all the same.

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allureofbeauty
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CaitlinR
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Mehso-so

Debut mystery/thriller, first in a series. Publisher superlatives aside, this was a pretty predictable whodunnit. Set in Copenhagen and featuring police detectives Jeppe Koner and Annette Werner who are rushing to solve a couple of grisly murders that appear to be.based on a draft manuscript. Good premise, but the perpetrator is revealed too early and the the remaining plot limps along to the end. I‘ll try her next in hopes for more complexity.

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kspenmoll
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg
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#MarvelousMarch #readathon
Busy work week as well as plumbing problems so laundromat visit, paper dishes- finely resolved after 5 days. Wading through the piles of dirty dishes & laundry…
Finally posting!
Finished 5 books, bailed on 1( Death with Dostoevsky), still reading 2, Dear Reader & The Tenant.

Ncostell Plumbing problems are the worst! Glad that you got it fixed! 3y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader I relate so much to your post... We had a couple of mishaps with our house. Our philosophy: one thing at a time, one day at a time, trying our best not to let stress get to us ;) Life happens, but I know that when things like that happen, it's really draining 3y
kspenmoll @Ncostell Thanks! 3y
kspenmoll @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader Love your philosophy- I had a hard time not jumping to worse case scenario! 3y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @kspenmoll I totally understand. But it's great that you were able to take some time to read ;) 3y
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kspenmoll
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Look at all this #birthdaylove that came my way! I love it all, but the best are Diane‘s gorgeous handcrafted cards. Thank you for your generosity my friend- it was such fun to unpack!

Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎂 3y
kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk Thanks! It was in late January😀 3y
crazyspine Happy belated! 3y
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Chrissyreadit Happy Birthday! 3y
LeahBergen Lovely! ❤️❤️ 3y
Gissy Happy belated birthday! 🥳 🎂 🎉 3y
Crazeedi You are so welcome, you are so special to me❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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Crazeedi
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Pickpick

The first in the Kørner and Werner series
Thank you Joey for the book!
An excellent first book. A woman is murdered in the apartment below Esther, and the crime scene is just like the murder mystery Esther is writing. Jeppe and Anette are unlikely partners trying to solve the case. I'll definitely be reading the next book
#SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView
@DarkMina

TheSpineView Excellant! 3y
DarkMina @Crazeedi You are welcome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it! 3y
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amywithbooks
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg
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Book ✅️
Blanket ✅️
Beer ✅️

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Suelizbeth
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Pickpick

The author has a third book coming out, and it sounds intriguing, so I wanted to read the first and second books in the series. This wasn‘t what I was expecting. It is a good mystery, extremely dark, but the book is overall so depressing, that I almost didn't finish it. I can't say that I really like the detectives, nor do they like each other, but there were, surprisingly, some really good laughs. I‘ll continue the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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bthegood
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Pickpick

Excellent murder mystery- great cast of characters - this is not a thriller - reads like a crime drama - follow police as they investigate the crime, the characters and plot are well written so it held my interest the entire time - no parts were boring or uninteresting to me. Highly recommend if you enjoy murder mystery (not a cozy or thriller) -
#Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter

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bthegood
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Quickly did first game to get some extra points for #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick and added #Wickedathon readathon hosted by @StayCurious

Make a great day everyone - 😊

bthegood My answers are next (with spoiler alert) 3y
bthegood ape are ate care great cram crash eat gate lap laugh hate hare hear later late
meat mate nor north east south past paste rate real rather scare slam slate teal tan tar usher 34x10=340 points
(edited) 3y
Clwojick 🖤🖤🖤 3y
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bthegood
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Ready for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick and readathons #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft and #SpookOWeen @TheSpineView

Tagged is my audiobook, and pictured are the books I have on hand to start with - more on my list if I get through these -

Make a great day everyone - 😊

alisiakae 👻🙌🏽 3y
TheSpineView Good luck! 👍📖📚 3y
Clwojick Great list! 3y
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bthegood
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1. green (but love purples, reds, oranges - all of them!)
2. No - the cover of a book (while nice to look at, and some are nicer than others) has no impact on reading a book.

#Two4Tuesday thx for the tags @Enchanted_Bibliophile @TheSpineView

(day late - I tag anyone who wants to play 😊)

TheSpineView Late is OK. Thanks for playing! 💙💚🧡💛 3y
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Traci1
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was a really good and gritty Scandinavian noir. Really looking forward to more in the series. The audio narration was fantastic as well.

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Melli
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Well what can I said it was a crazy thrilling ride. I quite enjoyed it,

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Melli
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg

Taking. Break from my Victorian cozy mysteries on page 62 and so far it‘s ok..

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eanderson
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Pickpick

This is between a so-so and a pick for me. I felt like there was crucial information that the investigators just never followed up on and made some poor decisions. I liked the first half or so of the book and ended up skimming the last bit. Not bad but not the greatest I‘ve read. 🌟🌟🌟

SilversReviews This was a bit bloody. 4y
eanderson @SilversReviews it was but definitely not the worst that I‘ve read... Birdman by Mo Hayder still haunts my dreams. 🤢 4y
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MrT
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2021 Reads continued....

I usually don't get on very well with translated novels. Tend to find the rhyme of the writing gets lost in the translation, however really enjoyed this new Danish crime novel.

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eanderson
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My Sunday ritual... trying to keep focused on this book so I can finish it soon! 😀

Crazeedi I'm trying to finish a book today too! 4y
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Kaarin
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Pickpick

I wavered on how to rate this one! Some of the characters at times make non-logical decisions which can be confounding. But, I always looked forward to reading it and was curious as to how it would all fall together.

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eanderson
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😍

maich ❤❤❤ 4y
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Mitch
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DGRachel Oooh, I will have to check that out! Thank you!! 4y
vivastory Love Crime Reads end of the year lists! 4y
Mitch @vivastory I‘m a sucker for a list! Any list! 4y
Mitch @DGRachel the article had your name written all over it 😘 4y
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amyrohn
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Pickpick

I thought this Nordic noir mystery was fantastic! The characters, the plot, and the twists were all engaging. Looking forward to book 2! https://amysbookreviews.com/2020/11/30/the-tenant-by-katrine-engberg-review/

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MelKelsey
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Book 136

I listened to this available audibook that I'd recently seen on social media. The killer copies a murder from an unpublished manual by carving the face of the victim before death. All elements are there but not remarkable.

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swishandflick
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Mehso-so

To be fair, this book coincided with a horrible reading slump so I've chipped away at it for weeks and that likely made the reveal less satisfying than it normally might have been. There were some intriguing plot points, but the author had to go out of her way to retroactively make the pieces fit rather than having an organic "aha!" moment. I also wish I'd listened on audio bc I just know I butchered the pronunciation of names and places ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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charl08
The Tenant | Katrine Engberg

Children who grow up in orphanages and institutions sometimes refer to those homes as a nightmare factory.”
“A killer who‘s grown up in an orphanage?” Anette couldn‘t help curling her lip at the word.
“Maybe.”
“An orphan, who grows up to become a knife murderer? Tell me, are we in the middle of some fucking crime novel, or what?”
“I don‘t know, Werner. Is that what we are?”

It's all gone a bit meta.

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charl08
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Jeppe glanced down at the fallen flower petals and pigeon droppings in the gravel. At the moment, the combination seemed like a fitting image of Copenhagen: a mosaic of flowers and shit.

No one is going to hire Engberg to advertise Copenhagen as a tourist destination based on this! (Although thinking about it, Rebus worked for Edinburgh...)

TrishB I loved Copenhagen ❤️ 4y
charl08 @TrishB it's on my wishlist! 4y
TrishB I think I have a photo nearly exactly the same as this! 4y
Freespirit Copenhagen is a magic city..❤️ 4y
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PNWBookseller85
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Pickpick

This was so much better than I expected it would be! It‘s a detective story set in Copenhagen. Edge of your seat good. The audio is fantastic! Also, if you use Audible, consider switching to Libro.fm. They partner with local bookstores. Amazon doesn‘t need your money, but these small businesses do! Especially now.

Hooked_on_books Libro.fm! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 5y
Sparklemn Added to my TBR list. Also a huge fan of Libro.fm. 😊 4y
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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

A young woman is killed in her Copenhagen apartment and an unusual connection to her death is discovered. There are some good twists in here and some satisfying complexity, but it‘s too slow to get started and there is an anti-feminist tone in places that I didn‘t like. Between pick and so-so for me.

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IMASLOWREADER
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my way of social distancing during this covid19 pandemic and my first time joining the #24in48 readathon #stayhome24in48 #readingoal #readinglife #audiophile

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Brunettebooklover
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Starting this next!

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Slajaunie
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Pickpick

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg. Just finished this and it was a good mystery but not much of a thriller for me. A young woman is murdered in a building with only four tenants. There is a unique mark carved into her face. Who is responsible? What does the carving mean?

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Slajaunie
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My reading companions for the day. 💙🐾❤️🐾📖

Melismatic Omg so cute!!! 5y
NeedsMoreBooks 😻😻😻😻 5y
BiblioLitten So fuzzy and cosy!! 5y
Catsandbooks So purrfect! 😍 5y
Slajaunie We are cozy and cute for sure! Baby Tiger will lay here all day with me. Linus hangs out but scares easily. Love my boys! 🐾💙 @Melismatic @NeedsMoreBooks @BiblioLitten @Catsandbooks 5y
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Slajaunie
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Up next! Have you read it? What did you think of it?

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MikAshby
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Wandering around Logan looking for the perfect addition to this 4hr flight. This little number caught my eye 🤓 let‘s hope it‘s as good as it sounds 📚

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guinsgirlreads
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Pickpick

A murder that is stolen straight from an authors unpublished manuscript! Super cool premise on this one! At times, I could have skimmed, but otherwise a cool read!

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guinsgirlreads
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Spending some time with this egalley this morning ☕️. Finally hit the halfway mark 😝!

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coffees
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Mehso-so

Finished! TBH, I have mixed feelings about this one. Once more we have a murdered girl, found by an old man on his way to throw out his garbage. There are so many little nuances that I ended up missing (as the reveal at the end made me realize), which I feel is a good thing but the main cop guy was *so annoying*, it's hard to really recommend this with a thumbs up 🤔🤔

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KimmyM
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Mehso-so

3/5 ⭐ I think I went into this with really high expectations, so this was just an okay read for me. Perhaps if I hadn't been lured in by the buzz and discovered it on my own I would have enjoyed it more. This was entertaining and I read it quickly, but it didn't wow me.

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coffees
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Oh boy, not keeping to my tbr 😆😆 but as long as I get 5 books in, I'll consider it a win. This is another book we just got at work a few days ago so I figured I'd read it. The cover looked cool, that green really says spooky, and it's my off day so maybe I'll finish it 🤓

http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm135487

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Airykah13
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Pickpick

This one started out slow but I'm glad I stuck with it. Just when I thought I knew what was going on, there was another twist in the story. I enjoyed the side story of Detective Korner and look forward to seeing what happens to him as the series continues. The only negative thing I'd have to say is the amount of exclamations during normal conversations. I don't know if it was because it was translated but it was a little annoying.