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"Todo tiene su precio", así empieza la segunda entrega de la serie protagonizada por el detective Konrad Simonsen de la policía de Copenhague; una frase que enlaza con el final de El lado oscuro, la novela que la precede.Despues de que el primer ministro aleman se tropiece con el cadaver de una joven, enterrado en la llanura helada de Groenlandia, Simonsen es enviado al Çrtico a iniciar la investigacion. La mujer, Maryann Nygrd, fue asesinada hace mas de veinticinco años, pero el modus operandi del asesino hace que al inspector le venga automaticamente a la cabeza un caso anterior en el que habia trabajado. No solo se trata de las innegables similitudes entre las dos victimas y la forma en que fueron asesinadas, sino que la aparicion de este cuerpo hace que Simonsen se de cuenta de que el sospechoso en el que centro sus pesquisas era, en realidad, inocente. Un inocente que acabo por suicidarse hace diez años, justo antes de ser detenido. Cuando se da cuenta de que es culpable de la muerte de un inocente, su ya fragil salud se resiente aun mas.Simonsen y su equipo centraran su investigacion en estos dos casos y en aquellos que pudieran ser similares para encontrar el patron del asesino, y acabaran descubriendo que el caso es mucho mas complicado de lo que ja

Under the heartless vault of the Greenland's arctic sky the body of a girl is discovered. Half-naked and tied up, buried hundreds of miles from any signs of life, she has lain alone, hidden in the ice cap, for twenty-five years. Now an ice melt has revealed her. When Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is flown in to investigate this horrific murder and he sees how she was attacked, it triggers a dark memory and he realises this was not the killer's only victim. As Simonsen's team work to discover evidence that has long since been buried, they unearth truths that certain people would rather stayed forgotten. But the pressure is on as it becomes clear that the killer chooses victims who all look unsettlingly similar, a similarity that may be used to the investigators' advantage, just so long as they can keep the suspect in their sights...

Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead. At first glance, his death appears to be a tragic accident. However, when Detective Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called to investigate, he notices that something doesn't add up. Did he fall? When life-sized images of a vanished girl are discovered plastering the walls of the dead man's attic, the case takes a new and sinister turn. Who is she? Could she be alive? Soon the homicide team find themselves delving into the past, but as they approach the truth, Simonsen is forced to confront long-hidden skeletons in his own cupboard.

Under the heartless vault of the Greenland's artic sky the body of a girl is discovered. Half-naked and tied up, buried hundreds of miles from any signs of life, she has lain alone, hidden in the ice cap, for twenty-five years. Now an ice melt has revealed her. When Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is flown in to investigate this horrific murder and he sees how she was attacked, it triggers a dark memory and he realises this was not the killer's only victim. As Simonsen's team work to discover evidence that has long since been buried, they unearth truths that certain people would rather stayed forgotten, disturbing details about the moral standing of some of Denmark's political figures are revealed and powerful individuals are suddenly working against them. But the pressure is on as it becomes clear that the killer chooses victims who all look unsettlingly similar, a similarity that may be used to the investigators' advantage, just so long as they can keep the suspect in their sights...

The chilling new instalment in the Konrad Simonsen series, perfect for fans of Johan Theorin and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called in, only to discover that this was no accident and that one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team.Reeling from this revelation and not knowing who to trust, Simonsen follows a trail that eventually leads him to Bosnia and a legacy of criminal misconduct. All evidence points towards one shady figure: a high-ranking army specialist with a suspicious past. But the more Simonsen digs, the further the truth slips from his grasp.