Quand les bénévoles d'une brocante danoise meurent les uns après les autres, la police évoque la fatalité. Mais Mrs Mortensen, retraitée futée et son teckel Mortensen III flairent un tueur en série.

In a sleepy Danish town, death lurks amongst the dusty bric-a-brac...The elderly volunteers at the second-hand shop keep dying. Heart attacks. Strokes. A simple case of old age, say the police. Sad but inevitable.Newly retired Mrs Mortensen begs to differ. This "Danish Miss Marple" and her loyal dachshund, Mortensen III, sniff a sinister pattern at work.Armed with a fierce sense of justice and a fondness for tea and cake, Anne-Maj launches her own investigation. The further she probes into local gossip and small-town grudges, the more certain she is that someone is killing the shop's volunteers, one by one. But how-and why?Can this amateur sleuth outwit a murderer before there's another "accidental" death-possibly even her own?Move over Scandi-Noir: this is Danish crime like you've never seen it before. Perfect for fans of humorous, character-driven whodunnits, Scandinavian mysteries and Hannah Hendy's "The Dinner Lady Detectives".Anne Grue is a bestselling Danish crime novelist, creator of TV-adapted detective Dan Sommerdahl, now turning to humorous Danish cosy crime with amateur sleuth Mrs Mortensen.

Death is best served... pampered? When a woman is brutally murdered at a luxury spa resort, it's the retiree Anne-Maj Mortensen who stumbles upon the body. Despite being slowed down by a recent knee operation, she takes matters into her own hands and launches her own investigation, much to the dismay of the local police. But when another murder is committed, Mrs Mortensen can't help be be drawn further into the cast. Can she solve the mystery and outsmart the killer before they strike again? "Death at the Spa" is the second instalment in Anne Grue's best-selling series about crimebusting Mrs Mortensen. Fans of Richard Osman's "The Thursday Murder Club" will love getting to know the Danish Miss Marple! Anne Grue (b.1957) is one of the most popular Danish crime novelists. Grue made her breakthrough with her crime novels about detective Dan Sommerdahl which were adapted for television.