Jenny Lund Madsen

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About The Author

Jenny Lund Madsen is one of Denmark’s most acclaimed screenwriters, known for international hits such as Rita and Follow the Money, as well as for her advocacy for better representation of sexual and ethnic minorities in Danish TV and film. She recently made her debut as a playwright with the critically acclaimed Audition (Aarhus Teater). Her debut literary thriller, Thirty Days of Darkness—the first in an addictive new series—won the Harald Mogensen Prize for Best Danish Crime Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the prestigious Glass Key Award. She lives in Denmark with her young family.

Series by the Author

Books by Jenny Lund Madsen

Under the Blazing Sun

The darkly funny, atmospheric, twisty sequel to Thirty Days of Darkness…

By Jenny Lund Madsen
Translated by Paul Russell Garrett
Book #2

Hannah’s love life is in ruins, writer’s block hits, and her agent sends her to Sicily to finish her sequel. But when murder strikes, Hannah’s life turns into the crime novel she’s meant to write. Darkly funny, atmospheric, and full of twists, the second instalment in an addictive new serie...

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Thirty Days of Darkness

This year's most chilling, twisty, darkly funny DEBUT thriller…

By Jenny Lund Madsen
Translated by Megan E. Turney
Book #1
A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then a body appears … an atmospheric, darkly funny, twisty debut thriller, first in an addictive new series.

‘An original and thoro...
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