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Crime Novels from Mellemgaard Publishing

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The Vicious CircleBente NimbISBN 978-87-92622-56-3260 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

When the Devil KnocksPia Resen BrønnumISBN 978-87-91933-52-3338 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Hopeful HeartJakob KnudsenISBN 978-87-92622-13-6251 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

A Ligtening Bolt of ChangePoul SchacksenISBN 978-87-92622-53-2209 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

National ArmsTom OxagerISBN: 978-87-92622-44-0190 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

BestsellerElisabeth LyneborgISBN: 978-87-92622-39-6156 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

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With a book from Mellemgaard Publishing, you are sure to be entertained

and enthralled.

Mellemgaard publishes between 40 and 50 books a year, in a wide vari-

ety of genres; from cookbooks, how-tos, travelogues and biographies to

murder mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy novels, and chil-

dren’s books. Beside the traditional book format, the books are also pub-

lished as e-books, available through our website, mellemgaard.dk.

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260 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-56-3

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

Intrigue, persecution and tragic destinies go together in this pageturner of a crime novel.

It is a mild autumn evening and conversations and business go on as usual in the exclusive hotel in Copenhagen when a stranger steps in to the hotel restaurant and brutally guns down a well-known businessman .

The controversial Detective Chief Inspector Martin Bjergmark and his team are put on the case .

In the wake of a welter of illegal money transactions, the credit crunch, bankrupcies and corrupt civil servants, another businessman is murdered .

As the case moves forward, the list of suspects grows . Power, greed and profit for borrowed money lead the police to former kingpins which only makes solving the case more difficult .

Bjergmark follows various leads about a man who has disappeared, but the big breakthrough is a long time coming .

Bente Nimb. Born in 1940 in Copenhagen. Her first book, Rejsen mod Bente, was published in 2001. She has more than 35 years of experience in the real estate and finance business, and is always occupied with new projects.

Earlier publications:• Rejsen mod Bente, 2001 (Journey towards Bente)• Mord i julen, 2004 (Murder at Christmas)• Mord på kræmmermarkedet, 2005 (Murder at the Market)• Mord i Frihavnen, 2007 (Murder in the Freeport)• Mord i mosen, 2008 (Murder in the Marsh)

The author has always received great reviews, which is down to her extremely authentic writing style.

All the characters in her crime novels - the outcast, the homeless, the prostitutes, the criminals etc — are persons she has met in real life while doing research for the stories.

When writing ”Mord i mosen”, one of the people she talked with was a psychiatrist in order to better understand possible motives for insane people to commit murder.

Excerpt:

In the dim light from the lamp he had a strange sensation that he wasn’t alone. He let his eyes run over the wallpapered walls, turned his head to the left and looked towards the patio door.

Something had changed. He noticed it almost immediately.

The gap between the heavy curtains was still about two inches wide, but they weren’t hanging in quite the same way as before. And the door had been closed shut. The curtains weren’t moving and yet he was sure that someone was standing behind them.

Who?

Terror immediately overwhelmed him. He began to sweat, his pyjama top was cold and sticky. Helplessly left to his own thoughts and unable to tear his eyes from the door, he sat up in bed.

The first bullet hit him in the top of his forehead.

He was thrown backwards on the bed. He gasped for breath, making it easy for the killer to fire the next bullet into his mouth.

A few seconds later, the figure vanished into the darkness.

The Vicious circle

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338 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-91933-52-3

Dimensions: 147 x 227 mm

Crime reporter and producer Sabrina Fanø, divorced, with a teenage daughter, goes on a much needed wellness break in the small idyllic village of Nødebo i the north of Zealand together with her friend, the psychologist Margrete . There, she is plunged into a tangled murder mystery where everyone is a suspect and everyone is in danger of being murdered . The curious and slightly naive Sabrina Fanø is immediately intrigued!

Pia Reesen Brønnum was born in 1960 and grew up in Gl. Holte. She is a trained psychotherapist and has worked with TV planning at Danmarks Radio for 16 years, and later as a freelance journalist and radio host. Her debut novel, the crime thriller Hænges ej som druknes skal, was published in 2006.

Excerpt:

”... They had only walked a few hundred yards when the dog

came running after them. He rubbed up against Sabrina’s leg

and then deposited his find by her feet.

They both gasped at the shocking sight on the forest floor.

Sabrina stared and stared and refused to believe what she was

seeing.

Saigo looked at her and went back to his find, pushing it closer

to her, close enough to touch her feet. Startled, she jumped

back, feeling nauseous.

In front of them laid a skull – a human skull...”

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When the Devil KnocKs

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251 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-13-6

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

During the night between 25 and 26 May, Mr and Mrs Villadsen are abducted from their home in Hjørring, in northern Jutland. Subsequently, they are brutally executed by an unknown killer. The murders appear to be carefully planned.

Detective Chief Inspector Kristian Swane’s holiday in Skagen is interrupted, when he is drawn in to an intense and mysterious hunt for a murderer .

It soon turns out that he is facing a fateful case where the border between good and evil is erased and where justice appears in more than guise .

A story which forces the reader to take a stand .

Jakob Knudsen (born 1969) is a lecturer at University College Nordjylland, where he has taught since 1998. He was educated at the Danish University of Education and Roskilde University.

Jakob Knudsen lives with his family in Hjørring in northern Jutland, where he has lived for most of his life.

Hopeful Heart is Jakob Knudsens first novel. It is the first in a planned series about Chief Inspector Swane and his team.

Excerpt:

She woke up in a surreal, nightmarish state in an unfamiliar

place. A smell of machines, oil and garage was the first to strike

her senses. She could barely move, tied up as she was with gaf-

fer tape on hands and feet, lying on a cold concrete floor. Her

head was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst and

her throat ached with an unnatural, greedy feeling of thirst.

Her foggy consciousness was fuelled by a violently beating heart

and a nauseating fear. She had to get someone’s attention. Find

out something. She tried to speak, but her tongue was stuck

to the roof of her mouth and all she could manage were a few

weak, helpless noises.

Her pain and despair grew. The pain and despair which strikes

someone who doesn’t know the circumstances of or the reason

for her fate.

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Hopeful Heart

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209 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-53-2

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

Karl is an office clerk who lives a quiet life with his wife in a small town . He has always lived one day at a time without much inward reflection – until the day when he is literally struck by lightning . His near-death experience wakes him up and gives him a new zest for life, and he throws himself into a number of different projects – including trying to solve the mystery of the violent murders of neighbourhood dogs and a robbery at the local bank .

Follow Karl in this crime novel which as much a story of personal development . It is a story about how important it is to seize the opportunities that appear – about daring to take the plunge, and maybe landing in the right place . Poul Schacksen trained as a teacher, majoring in Danish and Physical Education.

Besides writing articles, he has also been a guest speaker both in Denmark and abroad. Poul Schacksen has also participated in radio and TV shows on such topics as travelling to European capitals, restaurants and hotels, and riding.

Poul Schacksen now writes books in various genres.

Excerpt:

Suddenly, he felt something, a burning and stinging pain in his

entire body that made him unable to run any further.

It hurt like hell, and when he looked down his body, he saw

smoke coming from his trousers and suddenly he realized that

he had been struck by lightning. Quickly, he put out the flames

with his arms, but when he tried to continue on his run, it was

as though his legs didn’t want to do what he wanted, and all he

could do was stand there.

In the distance, he could see the sky slowly brightening again

and with the rain slowing down, he knew that the storm was

disappearing again, which the pain in his body and legs most

certainly was not. Luckily, he hadn’t got very far, and on stiff and

aching legs he turned around, with a distinct feeling that some-

thing was not right.

A Lightning BoLt of ChAnge

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190 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-44-0

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

Anna Storm is a new investigator with the Frederikshavn police . She and a colleague are sent out to what at first appears to be two winos who have drunk themselves to death . It soon turns out to be something else entirely . Two East European mafia groups are viciously fighting each other while several Danish people are trying to do business with them . The National Danish Police sets up a special unit, ”National Arms”, who must face a great deal in their fight agains the criminals . The team spirit is strengthened by Anna Storms passionate forays into Provencal cuisine .

The last pages of the books give the reader an opportunity to sample some of Anna Storm’s recipes in their own kitchen .

Tom Oxager is a painter and lives in Sæby. When he is not painting or on the hunt for fresh subjects, he likes to read murder mysteries. When he found that the descriptions of alcoholic investigators with latchkey kids, relationship problems and weight issues often almost overshadowed the plot of many otherwise excellent stories, he decid-ed to write a crime novel himself. Visit him here: www.tom-ox.dk

NatioNal arms

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156 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-39-6

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

A drug-using illegal immigrant with a mysterious background. A pastor whose aspirations of being an author are thwarted because of his unimaginative name. A laptop with a brand new manuscript and a burglary.

Mix all of these together and you get a surprising cocktail – a subtle satire of a manipulative publishing world, reviewers bent on character assasination, superficial pop culture and extreme Americans . Also in the author’s crosshairs are the erosion of the importance of the national church in Danish society and the Danish tax burden .

This is the story of two people from different worlds who are forced together in a grand scheme of deception in their chase for money, fame and meaning in a life filled with disappointments .

Elisabeth Lyneborg has been a pastor of the Danish National Church for 26 years and has been a published authour since 1979. Her first book was the humorous ”Priests Are People Too” and since then she has written 18 books in various genres, for both adults and children. She has also had one book published in America. She has also studied anthropology at the University of Copen-hagen and has been a member of a number of board of direc-tors. Elisabeth Lyneborg is also a busy and popular guest speaker.

Excerpt:

She stands in front of him, challengingly. ”So, to what do I owe

the pleasure of your visit? Have you come to give me back my

book? Or did you come to tell me that you’ve told your publish-

er it was actually me who wrote your bestselling novel, and that

my gigantic fee is waiting for me in the bank?”

He looks nervously at her and starts patting his pockets. She

points the pepper spray at him and says harshly, ”Keep your

hands on your knees. If you have a flick knife in your pocket,

forget about it.”

”I want a cigarette,” he says, drops of perspiration appearing on

his forehead.

”That won’t be possible. There’s no smoking in this house. You’ll

have to wait until you’re outside.”

He sweats and his hands are shaking. He needs his ampheta-

mine and he is afraid of the irate woman.

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