Butterfly House: the new twisty crime thriller from the international bestseller for 2021

The Butterfly House is an original and absorbing piece of work from the internationally bestselling author of The Tenant. It features investigators Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner, who take on an investigation into a murder at a caregiving institution. The investigation uncovers an ambition and greed festering beneath the surface, leading back to the mysterious Butterfly House.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 14 January 2021
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

The Butterfly House is a captivating and unique piece of work. Engberg's novels have achieved great popularity in Denmark, and she is a name to watch in the literary world.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Tenant, which Kathy Reichs hailed as a stunning debut, comes a gripping new thriller featuring investigators Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner.

In the coronary care unit at one of Copenhagen's leading medical centers, a nurse fills a syringe with an overdose of heart medication and sneaks into the room of an older male patient.

Six days earlier, a paperboy on his route in the center of the city stumbles upon a macabre find: the body of a dead woman, lying in a fountain, her arms marked with small incisions. Cause of death? Exsanguination—the draining of all the blood in her body. Clearly, this is no ordinary murder.

Jeppe Kørner, recovering from a painful divorce and in the throes of a new relationship, takes on the investigation. His partner, Anette Werner, now on leave after an unexpected pregnancy, is restless at home. While Jeppe leads the official search, Anette can't resist doing a little detective work on the side. But operating on her own exposes her to dangers she can't even begin to realize.

As the investigation ventures into dark and dangerous corners, it uncovers an ambition and greed festering beneath the surface of caregiving institutions, all leading back to the mysterious Butterfly House.

Weight: 554g
Dimension: 164 x 243 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529344653