ABOUT THE COMPETITION
In June 2009 JP/Politiken Publishers
arranged a crime-novel competition in collaboration with Danish
paper Dagbladet Politiken:
"In recent years, the good crime-novel
has captivated all of us with its often sharp perspective on our
time and our society. Taking a stand on everything that surrounds
us, it also solves the riddle, exposes the motive and finds the
killer."
The prize was 27,000 EURO, a publishing
contract as well as nationwide publicity. During January and
February of this year, more than 100 manuscripts were submitted to
the panel of judges consisting of internationally renowned crime
writers Jussi Adler-Olsen, Anna Grue og Sissel-Jo Gazan, cultural
journalists from Dagbladet Politiken as well as movie producer
Peter Aalbæk from the company Zentropa.
The winner was declared in April 2010
as being the intriguing and thrilling crime-novel created by the
joint efforts of Jeanette Øbro Gerlow & Ole Tornbjerg.
It is scheduled for publication in the summer of 2010 by
JP/Politiken Publishers.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
The baby in the bathwater no longer
screams.
She savours the silence.
Yet the sound has an echo,
reverberating and whining inside her head. She really needs some
peace and quiet. Is that too much to ask? Just a bit of silence.
And some sleep.
During the day, she sits on the
sofa, covering her ears.
The child bawls around the clock,
driving her insane. The shrieks are like a constant accusation;
you're not good enough, you're not adequate, you can't care for me
properly.
The child has turned against
her.
RIGHTS SOLD
Fischer Verlag / GERMANY
rometheus / Bert Bakker / HOLLAND
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS / NORWAY
Wydawnictwo Insignis / POLAND
press
"It starts out well, growing better and
better, the plot reaching a climax so thrilling that you end up
reading with your eyes half covered" POLITIKEN
"A polished crime-novel at high speed."
EKSTRA BLADET
"A cleverly executed, flawless crime-novel debut with an
unnerving parallel narrative cursing through the book like a
devilish under-current" JYLLANDS-POSTEN
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