Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2019)
Sample of authors
Engberg, Katrine
Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and for a long time had a successful dancing career, for example at Det Kongelige Teater, and as a choreographer and director.
Katrine Engberg lives in the centre of Copenhagen with her husband and children. Following the great success of her crime novels, she is now a...
Literary figures
Bärlach
Gender: Male
Although he only features in two (short) novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Inspector Barlach – no first name is ever mentioned – is one of the most famous policemen in literature. He is old, worn out and unmarried, works in the police force in Bern and has stomach cancer, which he knows will lead to his death within a year. With his great knowledge of human nature and his intuition, he works on his...