Helle and Death
'A hugely accomplished debut' EVA DOLAN

'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' J.M. HALL

'A fiendishly clever mystery as cunning as Christie' WILLIAM HUSSEY

A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.

It's going to be murder...

Torben Helle - art historian, Danish ex-pat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - finds himself dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. At the dinner table their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust.

Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. Kept afloat by strong drink and stronger women, Torben must draw upon the skills of his training and all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, it is up to him to work out how much money it would take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer - before someone else ends up dead.

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.
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Helle and Death
'A hugely accomplished debut' EVA DOLAN

'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' J.M. HALL

'A fiendishly clever mystery as cunning as Christie' WILLIAM HUSSEY

A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.

It's going to be murder...

Torben Helle - art historian, Danish ex-pat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - finds himself dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. At the dinner table their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust.

Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. Kept afloat by strong drink and stronger women, Torben must draw upon the skills of his training and all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, it is up to him to work out how much money it would take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer - before someone else ends up dead.

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.
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Helle and Death

Helle and Death

by Oskar Jensen

Narrated by Gunnar Cauthery

Unabridged — 11 hours, 29 minutes

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'A hugely accomplished debut' EVA DOLAN

'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' J.M. HALL

'A fiendishly clever mystery as cunning as Christie' WILLIAM HUSSEY

A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.

It's going to be murder...

Torben Helle - art historian, Danish ex-pat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - finds himself dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. At the dinner table their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust.

Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. Kept afloat by strong drink and stronger women, Torben must draw upon the skills of his training and all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, it is up to him to work out how much money it would take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer - before someone else ends up dead.

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.

Editorial Reviews

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'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN
'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' J.M. HALL
'A solid gold revival of the golden age whodunnit, with a delicious Danish twist' JANICE HALLETT

'Wonderfully descriptive and loaded with atmosphere' IAN MOORE

An ingenious plot, witty asides and lively characterisations... If Carlsberg did whodunnits they would probably be something like this - Saga

 A witty repurposing of the Golden Age country house whodunnit for the modern age - Financial Times

 Nicely done, with some entertaining asides about the nature of detective fiction: recommended reading for a long winter night - Guardian

 Combines classic country house murder mystery with an ensemble comedy caper in a glorious debut - Sunday Express

  An entertaining whodunnit in the classic Christie style - Mail on Sunday

  Jensen has taken themes from dozens of golden age novels and made something new - and funny - out of them... Self-conscious in the best way, with an array of literary references, this is an excellent cosy crime novel - Literary Review

  A spine-chilling, Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit - iPaper

Product Details

BN ID: 2940191293424
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date: 01/18/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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