The hunt

The second volume in the author's Department Q series, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Upon returning from vacation, Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q finds the Rørvig case files on his desk. Hadn't the case been closed? Hadn't the killer of the two brothers murdered in the summer house turned himself in nine years after the crime? Who could have put those files there? Someone seems to want the case reopened, and Carl Mørck takes the bait. The clues he uncovers lead the detective to the upper crust, to the world of the stock market, the fashion industry, and plastic surgery. And also to the filthiest and most sinister gutters of Copenhagen, where he meets Kimmie, a homeless woman tormented by voices who must steal for a living. Kimmie seems to be always on the run. And indeed she is. Three powerful men are after her and will stop at nothing to find her, for Kimmie seems to know something that could threaten their future. Something that may have to do with the previously closed case, but which, unfortunately for the three, has just been reopened by the tireless detective Mørk.