Darklands

'Darklands' is Niels Krause-Kjaer's independent sequel to the bestselling novel 'Solitaire'. Suspicion of fraud at the highest level proves to have threads reaching far into Danish democracy. A young civil servant in the Ministry of the Interior is murdered the day before parliamentary elections are called. The story is picked up by journalist Ulrik Torp, who, due to job cuts, has been sent to a company internship at the Daily News. Together with a student intern, Ulrik Torp begins investigating the civil servant's findings of widespread deception which leads them down a trail to a small circle of former politicians and top officials, who seem ready to use all means at their disposal to defend society against an illiberal agenda ruled by tweets and Facebook posts. Moving between the border of media and politics, Darkland is perfect for fans of Borgen, House of Cards and Narcos. Niels Krause-Kjr (born 1963) is a Danish journalist. After a period as press chief for the Danish Conservative Party's Parliamentary Group, he wrote the political thriller Solitaire, which became an award-winning film by Nikolaj Arcel. Darklands is the second volume in the series about journalist Ulrik Torp.