New Releases by Lene Kaaberbol

The four-time New York Times bestselling Danish crime fiction sensation, a modern classic of Nordic noir, reissued in a gorgeous deluxe edition for its tenth anniversary. Includes reading group guide, new foreword, and other exclusive content. Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can’t say no when someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive. Is the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold him? When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her life and the boy’s are in jeopardy, too. In an increasingly desperate trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he belongs, and who exactly is trying to hunt him down.

Dina’s moeder is een Zieneres. Dina hoopt dat zij die gave niet geërfd heeft maar het ze kan het niet langer ontkennen: ze ziet meer dan andere mensen. Door iemand recht in de ogen te kijken, kan ze heel veel over die persoon aanvoelen. Dat is vaak ongemakkelijk voor die persoon, maar ook voor Dina. Als Dina’s moeder tijdens een onderzoek naar een moordzaak in de problemen komt, is ze wel verplicht om haar nieuwe gave te aanvaarden... en te gebruiken. Het eerste deel in de reeks De kronieken van de Zieneres, vol levendige personages en met de 11-jarige Dina in een glansrol. Meeslepende lectuur voor iedereen vanaf 10 jaar. De 11-jarige Dina heeft een bijzondere gave, die haar regelmatig in gevaarlijke situaties doet belanden. Fantasierijke reeks vol spanning en bovennatuurlijke elementen. Lene Kaaberbøl (Kopenhagen, 1960) is een Deense schrijver. Ze studeerde aan de Aarhus Katedraisole en was werkzaam als lerares en vertaler. Ze schrijft voornamelijk fantasy voor kinderen en misdaadromans voor volwassenen. In 2004 ontving ze de Nordic Children''s Book Prize.

Dina’s gave, haar talent om in de ziel van mensen te kijken, bezorgt haar nieuwe moeilijkheden. Haar broer Davin wil haar niet meer in de ogen kijken. Dina wordt vervolgens ontvoerd door Valdracu, die haar dwingt haar gave te gebruiken om onschuldige mensen in de val te lokken. De enige die Dina kan redden is haar broer... maar heeft Davin daar wel zo veel zin in? Tweede deel van De kronieken van de Zieneres: nog meer actie en snellere wendingen dan in deel 1, De gave van Dina. Afwisselend verteld vanuit Dina’s en Davin’s perspectief, wat het verhaal meer diepgang geeft. De 11-jarige Dina heeft een bijzondere gave, die haar regelmatig in gevaarlijke situaties doet belanden. Fantasierijke reeks vol spanning en bovennatuurlijke elementen. Lene Kaaberbøl (Kopenhagen, 1960) is een Deense schrijver. Ze studeerde aan de Aarhus Katedraisole en was werkzaam als lerares en vertaler. Ze schrijft voornamelijk fantasy voor kinderen en misdaadromans voor volwassenen. In 2004 ontving ze de Nordic Children''s Book Prize.

The final book in the thrilling fantasy adventure series, The Shamer Chronicles The Dragon Lord of Dunark is ruthlessly hunting down Shamers and burning them at the stake. He must be brought down, and so a rebellion is formed. Rebellions need leaders, and what better choice than the legitimate heir to Dunark, Dina''s friend Nico? Nico is reluctant to kill even a rabbit. Still, Dina''s considerable powers should help him triumph over the Dragon Lord. But Nico knows only too well that heroes have a nasty habit of ending up dead...

Clara fait des rêves étranges : elle est un oiseau en plein vol, une couleuvre qui rampe sur le sol... Sa tante Isa, à qui elle se confie, est très inquiète. D''après elle, le « cordon de vie » de Clara, qui relie tout être vivant au monde, est emmêlé avec celui d''une créature mystérieuse et hostile. En cherchant l''origine de son mal, Clara découvre qu''il s''agit de Kimaera, sa pire ennemie. Il lui faut absolument se débarrasser de la terrible sorcière, avant que celle-ci ne la détruise...

Clara a prouvé qu''elle est une véritable sorcière des brumes. Pourtant, lorsque Shanaïa, chassée de chez elle par la terrible Kimaera, lui demande son aide, Clara commence par refuser, affolée. Mais son amie disparaît, ainsi que sa tante Isa et son meilleur ami Oscar. Persuadée qu''ils ont été enlevés par Kimaera, Clara se rend au manoir de Shanaïa et tombe dans un piège ! Kimaera veut s''emparer des pouvoirs de la jeune sorcière car Clara serait l''héritière de Viridiane, une sorcière très puissante...

From Lene Kaaberbøl, known as the Danish J.K. Rowling: Book four in the Wildwitch series, an acclaimed new children''s fantasy series about a young girl who can communicate with and control the natural world. As Clara turns thirteen she must complete a daunting challenge in order to become a fully-fledged wildwitch, but a series of frightening attacks on her family are distracting her from the crucial task ahead of her. Clara searches for the source of the danger and finds herself drawn further and further into the mystery, towards a deadly battle with Bravita Bloodling that will leave her changed for ever.

From Lene Kaaberbøl, known as the Danish J.K. Rowling: Book three in the Wildwitch series, an acclaimed new children''s fantasy series about a young girl who can communicate with and control the natural world. A sparrow flitting under the forest canopy, a snake slithering on its belly across a carpet of leaves, a hawk swooping down on a squirrel: Clara finds herself drawn into a variety of animal minds and caught up in a deadly dance of predator and prey. The dramatic and mysterious third part in the Wildwitch story sees Clara discover more about her magical powers and about herself, as an unexpected and frightening new danger emerges from the shadows.

Clara Ask a 12 ans, une mère célibataire journaliste, et un meilleur ami, Oscar. Elle mène une vie tout à fait normale jusqu''à ce matin où elle se fait attaquer par un gros chat noir. La blessure s''infecte et curieusement, sa mère l''emmène voir une tante qu''elle n''avait jamais vue auparavant pour la soigner. Peu après, alors qu''elle rentre de l''école avec Oscar, ils sont entourés de brouillard à travers lequel Clara aperçoit une sorte d''ange aux ailes brunes. Répondant à son appel, elle est sur le point de la rejoindre lorsqu''Oscar l''arrache à sa vision et aux roues d''un camion, lui sauvant la vie. Cet « ange » est une ancienne « sorcière sauvage , Kimaera, qui a juré la perte de la jeune fille. Clara doit apprendre à maîtriser ses pouvoirs tout neufs pour pouvoir l''affronter...

From Lene Kaaberbøl, known as the Danish J.K. Rowling: Book two in the Wildwitch series, an acclaimed new children''s fantasy series about a young girl who can communicate with and control the natural world. Barely recovered from her escapades of the previous year, Clara is just getting used to her new wildwitch identity, as well as to her mysterious new companion, Cat, when she is thrust into a new adventure. First, Clara''s friend Shanaia is found badly injured, then Clara''s best friend Oscar goes missing - kidnapped. With no one to help her, Clara must journey on the Wildways to the windswept clifftop dwelling of Westmark. Here she will have to draw on her wildwitch powers, and discover new reserves of inner strength, as she once again faces her enemy, Chimera.

From Lene Kaaberbøl, known as the Danish J.K. Rowling: Book one in the Wildwitch series, an acclaimed new children''s fantasy series about a young girl who can communicate with and control the natural world. Twelve-year-old Clara is an ordinary girl, so small and shy that her mum calls her Little Mouse. Then, one day, she meets a cat. A huge, strange, black cat, with glowing yellow eyes. And so begins her new life as a wildwitch. Suddenly, Clara is plunged into a world of mystery and magic. With her Aunt Isa to guide her, she finds she can talk to animals and walk the mysterious Wildways. But then she is captured by the dreaded Chimera...

The thrilling final installment of the New York Times bestselling Nina Borg series set in Denmark In an attempt to save their marriage, Nina Borg and her husband traveled to a beach resort in the Philippines for a dream vacation. Only now, six months later, does Nina begin to understand the devastating repercussions of that trip—repercussions that have followed her home across the globe to Denmark. On an icy winter day, she is attacked outside the grocery store. The last thing she hears before losing consciousness is her assailant asking her forgiveness. Only later does she understand that this isn’t for what he’s just done, but for what he plans to do to. As Nina tries to trace the origin of sinister messages she’s received, she realizes the attempt on her life must be linked to events in Manila, and to three young men whose dangerous friendship started in medical school. Time and circumstance have forced them to make impossible choices that have cost human lives. It’s a long way from Viborg to Manila, and yet Nina and her pursuer face the same dilemma: How far will they go to save themselves?

Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg has dedicated her life to helping Copenhagen''s most desperate: illegal immigrants, abused women, and others underserved by society. But Nina''s do-gooder complex often takes her into dangerous situations and communities beyond the margins of the law''s protection. The first two Nina Borg novels are collected here in an omnibus edition.

Dans les ruines d''un ancien hôpital militaire situé dans le nord de la Hongrie, deux jeunes garçons, Pitkin et Tamás, se mettent en quête de matériel médical et d''armes qu''ils pourront revendre, histoire de se faire un peu d''argent et d''améliorer leur quotidien. Or ce qu''ils y trouvent dépasse de loin toutes leurs espérances. La chance de leur vie ? Pas si sûr... Cette découverte déclenche bientôt des réactions en chaîne jusqu''au Danemark et menace de faire voler en éclats de nombreuses vies, dont celle d''une infi rmière de la Croix-Rouge, Nina Borg.

In 1894, in the French city of Varbourg, Cecile Montaine is found dead on the stairs of her house. The body is in the hospital chapel and there meet father Abigore, Montaine''s family priest, the sheriff and the doctor of corpses, Albert Karno. The doctor discovers, out of the nostrils of the young woman, a type of mite unknown so far. Then the investigation begins.

From the Nordic noir duo who brought you The New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Suitcase comes a chilling new thriller with a mystery seventy-years in the making. Nina. Natasha. Olga. Three women united by one terrifying secret. But only one of them has killed to keep it. Natasha Doroshenko, a Ukrainian woman who has been convicted for the attempted murder of her Danish ex-fiancé, escapes police custody on her way to an interrogation in Copenhagen’s police headquarters. That same night, the ex-fiancé’s frozen, tortured body is found in a car. It isn’t the first time the young Ukrainian woman has lost a partner to violent ends: her first husband was murdered three years earlier in Kiev in the same manner. Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg has followed Natasha’s case for years now, ever since Natasha first took refuge at her crisis center. Nina just can’t see the young mother as a vicious killer. But in her effort to protect Natasha’s daughter and discover the truth, Nina realizes there is much she didn’t know about Natasha and her past. The mystery has long and bloody roots, going back to a terrible famine that devastated Stalinist Ukraine in 1934, when a ten-year-old girl with the voice of a nightingale sang her family into shallow graves.

Nina ne sait pas dire non. Pour rendre service à son amie Karin, elle accepte d''aller récupérer une valise en consigne à la gare de Copenhague. Elle est loin d''imaginer ce qu''elle s''apprête à découvrir à l''intérieur : un petit garçon de 3 ans, visiblement drogué, le pouls faible, mais vivant ! Qui est-il ? Qui lui a fait ça ? Nina panique et tente désespérément de contacter Karin pour lui demander des explications, mais cette dernière reste injoignable. Commence alors pour Nina et l''enfant une cavale infernale à travers le Danemark... Un thriller sous haute tension où l''on découvre les trésors d''énergie et d''imagination que l''on est capable de déployer lorsque la vie d''un enfant est en jeu !

The second installment in the bestselling Danish crime series starring Red Cross nurse Nina Borg, following Fall 2011''s New York Times–bestselling The Boy in the Suitcase In the ruins of an abandoned Soviet military hospital in northern Hungary, two impoverished Roma boys are scavenging for old supplies or weapons to sell on the black market when they stumble upon something more valuable than they ever could have anticipated. The resulting chain of events threatens to blow the lives of a frightening number of people. Meanwhile, in Denmark, Red Cross nurse Nina Borg puts her life and family on the line when she tries to treat a group of Hungarian Gypsies who are living illegally in a Copenhagen garage. What are they hiding, and what is making them so sick? Nina is about to learn how high the stakes are among the desperate and the deadly.

De Deense Rode Kruisverpleegkundige Nina Borg wordt gebeld door een vriend die illegalen helpt. Er verblijft een groep Roma in vreselijke omstandigheden in een oude loods, en ze hebben dringend medische hulp nodig. Nina doet wat ze kan, maar hoe ze zich ook inspant, geen enkel medicijn of hygiënische maatregel lijkt de conditie van de zieken te verbeteren. En er heerst angst onder de patiënten, een duister, onuitgesproken gevoel dat verder gaat dan de normale angst van een zieke. Pas wanneer Nina zelf ook gezondheidsklachten krijgt, blijkt wat de oorzaak is van de mysterieuze symptomen: radioactieve straling. Op zoek naar de bron hiervan komt Nina via de Hongaarse politie op het spoor van de website hospitalequip.org, waarop illegale medische producten worden verhandeld. De ontdekking waar de dodelijke handelswaar meestal terechtkomt is niet alleen een grote schok, maar brengt ook Nina''s leven ernstig in gevaar...

Dopo tre ristampe e 20.000 copie vendute con Il bambino nella valigia, Lene Kaaberbøl e Agnete Friis tornano con il secondo thriller della serie.

Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can''t say no when someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive. Is the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold him? When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her life and the boy''s are in jeopardy, too. In an increasingly desperate trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he belongs, and who exactly is trying to hunt him down.

Copenaghen. Nina Borg è un’infermiera della Croce Rossa: lavora con i rifugiati, è abituata a situazioni d’emergenza, a chiamate improvvise. Trascorre gran parte della sua esistenza in un mondo che i danesi stessi vedono di rado; un mondo in cui ricatto, maltrattamenti, feroci rese dei conti costituiscono la quotidianità. Un mondo nel quale i bambini spariscono ogni giorno, senza che nessuno ci faccia caso o si chieda dove siano finiti, in quali mani, per quali scopi. Ma Nina non è capace di chiudere gli occhi; non sa tracciare una linea fra la sua vita privata e quella lavorativa, separare le sue responsabilità personali da quelle di chi le vive e le lavora accanto. Troppi fardelli per le sue esili, fragili spalle. Perché Nina è una madre svagata, capace di dimenticare di andare a prendere i figli all’uscita di scuola; una moglie assente, persa nelle sue improbabili missioni umanitarie; una donna che non ha mai saputo leggere le articolazioni del tempo, la differenza tra il trascorrere di un’ora o di un minuto. E che dunque annaspa, si confonde, cade.Poi, un giorno, qualcosa avviene. Una sua collega le chiede di andare a ritirare una valigia in un deposito bagagli. All’interno, rannicchiato, c’è un bambino di tre anni. Il piccolo miracolosamente è ancora vivo, ma Nina sa che la sua sopravvivenza non potrà essere delegata ad altri, che le autorità si limiterebbero a scaricare “la pratica” a un istituto. Smarriti entrambi tra le maglie di un enigma che li sovrasta, isolati, braccati, il bambino e la donna sanno che la loro vita è appesa a un filo, a una bizzarra combinazione di elementi. E che un’ombra dilaga sui loro fragili corpi, li opprime: un’ombra di morte, densa e pesante, cui sarà pressoché impossibile sfuggire.

''One day, one day soon, perhaps . . . one of these brilliant creatures might be hers.'' As an apprentice Bredinari, hot-tempered Kat is finally within touching distance of fulfilling her dream - to tame and ride her own hell horse, so that she can carry messages on behalf of the Castle, and help those in need. But then she reads a letter she shouldn''t have read . . .

From the first moment that she met the silver bellhorse in the courtyard, Kat developed a burning ambition to become a "bredanari", a keeper of the peace and a rider of these magnificent animals - However, certain things seem to combine to threaten the fulfilment of her dreams.

Translation originally published: Great Britain: Hodder Children''s, 2003.

Dina, a Shamer, and her friend Nico, the legitimate heir to the lordship of Dunark, lead a dangerous rebellion against Drakan, the ruthless Dragon Lord who is hunting down Shamers to burn at the stake.

As her brother Davin is unjustly confined to a prison and looks for a way to escape, Dina, now twelve years old, meets her father and learns whether she shares his serpent gift of having the ability to give people dreams.

In ADVENTURES, each girl tells the story of overcoming an obstacle or defeating a villain with the help of her friends. Irma and Hay Lin add their stories to the series and learn to appreciate their unique powers and their special friendship.

Cornelia is in a photo shoot, but when she arrives on location, strange things start to happen. With the help of her friends, she must figure out who is stealing spring from a helpless world. Full color.