Christian Jungersen – författare

An internationally bestselling thriller, The Exception dissects the nature of evil and the paranoia that drives ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts. Four women work together for a small nonprofit in Copenhagen that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe that they are being stalked by Mirko Zigic, the Serbian torturer and war criminal they recently profiled in their articles. Yet as tensions mount among the women, their suspicions turn away from Zigic and toward each other. The threats increase, and soon the office becomes a battlefield in which each of the women''s move is suspect.From the Trade Paperback edition.

A riveting psychological drama that challenges the way we understand others—and our own sense of selfMia is a schoolteacher in Denmark. Her husband, Frederik, is the charismatic headmaster of a local private school. During a vacation on Majorca, they discover that a brain tumor has started to change Frederik''s personality. As it becomes harder and harder for Mia to recognize him, she must protect herself and their teenage son from the strange, blunted being who now inhabits her husband''s body—and with whom she must share her home, her son, and her bed.When millions of crowns go missing at the private school, Frederik is the obvious culprit, and Mia''s private crisis quickly draws in the entire community. Frederick''s new indifference and lack of inhibition rupture long-standing friendships, isolating Mia and making her question who Frederik really is. Was the tumor already affecting him during the years they had been so happy together? And does it excuse Frederik from fraud?Mia enlists the help of a lawyer named Bernhard, whom she meets in a support group for spouses of people with brain injuries. As they prepare Frederik''s defense, the two of them wrestle with the latest brain research, the age-old question of free will—and their growing attraction to each other.Jungersen''s lithe prose and unexpected plot twists will keep readers hooked until the very last page.

Ein Roman über die Psychologie des Bösen. Ein Roman, in dem vier Frauen sich das Leben gegenseitig zur Hölle machen: Iben, Malene, Anne-Lise und Camilla, vier Frauen, die zusammen im Dänischen Zentrum für Information über Völkermord arbeiten. Iben und Malene sind enge Freundinnen, die sich im Büro die interessanten Aufgaben zuschieben. Eines Tages erhält Iben per E-Mail eine Morddrohung. Zunächst geht sie davon aus, daß der Absender ein serbischer Kriegsverbrecher sein muß. Bald aber schließen Malene und sie auch Anne-Lise als Schuldige nicht mehr aus. Ein psychologischer Thriller, der mit dem Skalpell geschrieben ist.