The Lake

From the international bestselling authors of The Hanging, a Danish detective on the trail of a killer uncovers a sex trafficking ring.

The remains of a young woman are discovered in a lake north of Copenhagen. Her identity is a mystery and no one, it appears, has reported her missing. After months of fruitless investigation by the local police the case is handed over to Konrad Simonsen. It soon becomes clear to Simonsen and his team that this unknown woman is the key to a world of trafficking, prostitution, and violence. A world where everything comes with a price, no mistake goes unpunished and everyone knows how to keep a secret.

The Lake is the fourth “searing” novel in the series by Hammer and Hammer; a story of ice-cold cynicism and contempt for human life (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Praise for the Konrad Simonsen series

“The best Danish crime fiction in years.” —Lars Kepler, international bestselling author of The Hypnotist

“The authors' intimate style . . . yields character studies of emotional depth and intensity.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Like Sjöwall and Wallöö's Martin Beck . . . and Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander, Simonsen is a typical Scandinavian noir protagonist, brooding and filled with self-doubt . . . [He] will keep his faithful readership turning the pages and looking for more.” —New York Journal of Books