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We are thrilled to welcome Heidi Amsinck, author of Last Train to Helsingør (2018), My Name is Jensen (2021), and most recently The Girl in the Photo (2022)
Heidi will be joining us for a talk about her new novel, set in Copenhagen, share stories about her path to publication, read from her new novel, and answer questions from the audience.
About the Book
When ninety-year-old Irene Valborg is found brutally murdered in an affluent suburb of Copenhagen, her diamond necklace missing, it looks like a burglary gone wrong. When two more victims are attacked, the police lament a rise in violence against the elderly, but who is the young girl in the photo found by DI Henrik Jungersen at the crime scene? Impatient to claim her inheritance, Irene’s daughter hires former Dagbladet reporter Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav to find the necklace. Henrik finds himself once more pitched in a quest for the truth against Jensen – the one woman in Copenhagen he is desperate to avoid.
About the Author
Heidi Amsinck is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. Heidi has written numerous short stories for radio, including the three-story sets Danish Noir, Copenhagen Confidential and Copenhagen Curios, all produced by Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 4.
Last Train to Helsingør (Muswell Press, 2018) was her first published collection of stories, followed by My Name is Jensen (Muswell Press, 2021), the first in a series of crime novels set in Copenhagen. The second book in the series, The Girl in the Photo, was published in July 2022. Heidi's work has been sold in translation to Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic, and shortlisted for the UK's VS Pritchett Memorial Prize.
Previously, Heidi spent many years covering Britain for the Danish press, including spells as a London Correspondent for the financial daily, Børsen, and the daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten. She grew up speaking Danish, moving to Britain aged 24, and now chooses to write in English. She lives in central London, near the river, and has two sons.