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The butterfly house / Katrine Engberg ; translated by Tara Chace.

ISBN: 9781668004814
ISBN: 166800481X
Physical Description: 404 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York, New York : Pocket Books, 2022.
Copyright: &copy;2021, 2018.

Engberg, Katrine, 1975- (author.).

Summary:

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 enters the room of a patient. Five days earlier, a paperboy on his route stumbles upon a macabre find: the naked body of a dead woman, 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. Lead investigator Jeppe Kørner, recovering from a painful divorce, takes on the case. His partner, Anette Werner, now on maternity leave, is restless at home with a demanding newborn and an equally demanding husband. While Jeppe looks for answers, Anette decides to do a little freelance sleuthing. But operating on her own exposes her to dangers she can't even fathom. As the investigation ventures into dark corners, it uncovers the ambition and greed that fester beneath the surface of caregiving institutions—all the more shocking for their depravity—and what Jeppe and Anette discover will turn their blood cold as ice... -- from back cover.