THE WOMEN IN THE WALL (THE WOMEN IN THE WALL)

The fifth instalment in the internationally bestselling Jensen series sees Jensen’s private life collide dangerously with her professional world, as a macabre discovery exposes a killer who has been hiding in plain sight. The first four titles have sold 100 000 copies in total in Denmark.

When human remains are uncovered behind the wall of an apartment building, DI Henrik Jungersen is drawn into a disturbing investigation that suggests long-term concealment, and a perpetrator intimately embedded in everyday life.

Meanwhile, Jensen is on parental leave, attempting to adjust to motherhood, when her fragile equilibrium is shattered by a startling claim: reclusive literary icon Valde Brix insists he is her biological father. The revelation comes with a demand; Brix is being stalked, and he wants Jensen to use her investigative instincts to identify the person intent on ruining him.

When a woman connected to Brix is found brutally murdered, Jensen, working alongside her sharp-witted teenage apprentice Gustav, can no longer stay on the sidelines. As Jungersen’s case deepens, it becomes clear that the stalker’s aim is not intimidation but complete erasure.

What begins as an inquiry into obsession and authorship turns chillingly personal. As past and present converge, Jensen realises the threat reaches far beyond Brix, and that her own family may be the ultimate target.

368 pages

Rights Sold

UK & Com: Muswell Press
Denmark: Gutkind

Film Rights

Under option

REVIEWS

‘Dark deeds and deep secrets abound in Heidi Amsinck’s Copenhagen. A white-knuckle ride into hell’
Ian Rankin / UK

‘Brilliantly written, incredibly tense and full of people you really care about. Jensen and her motley crew are some of my favourite characters in crime fiction’
Elly Griffiths / UK

‘A sinister and twisting tale …tense and intriguing’
Sam Holland / UK