"A man about 6 ft. 2 ins." "Nanna is still at the high school party." "I think she met this man later on." " It's been checked." " What?" "Checked by whom?" "If I say it's nothing, it's nothing." "I checked Nanna's cell phone." "I looked at the total activity." "Something's missing." "The first one to go through the lists was Buchard." "Maybe we rushed into this." "Take care." "I drive a taxi." "She got out on Gronningen across from the Citadel." "We made a stop at the back entrance of the town hall." " Who's that?" " Jens Holck, leader of the Moderates." "Is he present all evening?" "Then why is he wearing his coat?" "I suggest we make a broad alliance against Bremer." " Bremer has done well." " But nothing works." "Did you hear about his trip to Latvia?" "The expense account was red-hot." "The gist of it is that you have a terrible relationship to parliament." "If we say the PM's office was in on our role model program, the PM might endorse you." "The PM asked if he could come to my election meetings." " That doesn't change anything." " He went to Latvia." "Let's talk about it tonight." "Did Jens Holck leave early that night?" "Your DCI is here." "Did you see him later?" "Your campaign car wasn't at the high school." " Hi." "Have a seat." " No thanks." "Is this seat taken?" "Something happened between her and Theis." "She told me everything." "What about your daughter's account and the money in it?" "It's 11,000." " 11,000?" " Maybe I gave her a little extra." "You're free to go." "Stay in town and don't interfere with the case." " When did she start working there?" " In January." "She was seeing a man." "We found her in a hotel room." "She was drunk." "Theis took her to the hospital." "She promised not to see him again." "Leave now." "I told the Swedish police that you're ready to start there now." "You have a delivery from Sweden." "You have to sign for it." "The Liberals have a flat for representation." "At 130 Store Kongensgade, 5th floor." "Why?" " I think we know who's in the car." " I think it's Troels Hartmann." "THE KILLING" "The taxi driver dropped her off on Gronningen at 10:45 p.m." "She could have been in the flat five minutes later." "The flat belongs to the Liberals." "They use it for representation meetings and for putting up guests." "The building is for professionals, and it's been empty all weekend." "Nanna Birk Larsen had her own keys." "One to the main door, and the second to this one." "WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 9:34 P.M." "The technician found her fingerprints and tests prove it's her blood." "She probably sustained cuts when she fell through the glass table." "There are blond hairs on the radiator where she hit her head." "She got up and fought back." "Her prints are on the paperweight down there." "She threw it at the mirror." "We sent some samples to forensics." "If we're lucky, we'll get a DNA profile tomorrow afternoon." "She ran in here and tried to block the door, but the perp kicked it in." "Watch your step in here." "This is probably where she was raped the first time." "After 11:35 p.m." "She tried to call emergency services at 11:35 p.m. From that phone." "The perp interrupted her." "He wore gloves." "The door has been wiped and the bed and phone." "We don't know if he kept her here all weekend or dragged her away." "Where did he drag her?" "A secretary was working late that Friday evening." "She saw a black station wagon." "The one Hartmann drives." "You know perfectly well Hartmann was on the surveillance tape." " I want to talk to Lund alone." " Stop that shit!" "I'm sick of it." " I want to know what's going on." " It's not what you think." " You deleted a name on the cell." " No." "Then who did?" "We're taking Hartmann in for questioning." "I need that information." "I'll get it for you." "The group leaders will let us know tomorrow morning." "Since Holck agreed, so will the rest." "Why did Lund talk about Holck?" "And what about that car?" "I left a message for the inspector." "It's not good enough." "In 24 hours we have our last city council meeting." "The alliance has to be formed before that." " Rie Skovgaard." " Bremer knows what we're up to." " He looked pleasantly shocked." " Why?" " He'll find a way to retaliate." " I'll let him know." "Goodbye." " That was the police." " And?" " They want to talk to you." " Now?" "Why?" " They want you at the station." " Is it about Holck and the car?" "It didn't sound like it." "What else could it be?" "Tell them I'm on my way." "Take a cab." " It has to be soon." " Yes, of course." "For the alliance to do any good, it has to be made public soon." " Wait here." " Yes." "The voters must be told in time." " What's this all about?" " Please take a seat in here." " I don't have much time." " We want to talk to you alone." " What's this about?" " Just have a seat." " We want to know now." " Just a few questions for Hartmann." " He's welcome to call a lawyer." " No." "Why should I?" "It looks like one of our campaign cars." "Any idea who's driving?" "One of our people." "If it's important, I can have it checked out." "Our technician enlarged the picture." "Now it looks like this." "It was after the poster party." "I gave my driver the night off, so I borrowed a campaign car." " You left the party early." " Yes." "I had a headache." " And a speech to finish." " Where did you go?" "Our party has a flat in Store Kongensgade." "I went there." " What happened?" " Who has a key to the flat?" "I do and then..." "There's a spare key in a drawer in the office." " But you use the flat." " Tell me what the hell is going on." "The car you drove is the car Nanna was found in." "As you know, the car was driven back to the town hall that night." " What happened in the flat?" " It can't be the same car." " What happened in the flat?" " Nothing." " I was there for a few hours." " So was Nanna Birk Larsen." "She had a key." "She was attacked and raped and driven away in the car on the night you were there." "In our flat?" "How long have you known her?" "I don't know..." "I've never met her." "You can't think I have anything to do with this." "I..." "I had a couple of beers and then I decided to walk home." "On Monday morning I came to pick up the car, but it was gone." "I assumed the campaign office found the keys and took the car." " They hung up posters all weekend." " And what about you?" "I left the keys on the table." "Someone must have taken them." "Why did you take the surveillance tape from the town hall?" "I didn't take any tape." "Your number was deleted from Nanna's cell." " Am I a suspect?" "Is that it?" " Who were you with?" " Won't you tell us?" " The hell I will." "My private life is none of your business." "Good evening." "Lennart Brix, Deputy Chief here." "I understand there's a problem." "Hartmann told me that he took the car in good faith." "He left the flat before the deceased arrived." "He's willing to talk about the flat." "And you're welcome to question his employees." "We don't want to talk to his employees." "If you had asked nicely, you'd have discovered that he has an alibi." "He left the flat shortly before 11 p.m. And went to Rie Skovgaard's." "Who happens to be his girlfriend." "The next morning they checked in at a conference centre where they had meetings all day." "The next time you pull in someone like Hartmann" "I suggest you do your homework properly." "Check his alibi." "See if other politicians use the flat." "Everyone in that office comes in for questioning." "Pernille Birk Larsen is on her way here." "She says it's urgent." "If it's about her husband being in custody, our hands are tied." "He was released a few hours ago." "His lawyer got him out." "This is Pernille's voice mail." "Leave a message, and I'll call back." " Hi." " Hi." "Have you seen Pernille?" "When did you get out?" " Just now." " Okay." "Have you seen her?" "Charlotte came to babysit, but she left quickly again." "The boys left with Pernille." " Where to?" " Christ, I don't know." " Did you talk to her?" " I think she went to the police." "I thought she was going to pick you up." " Tell me about Boils." " It's a nightclub for members." " What did Nanna do?" " She waited on tables." " How did she like the place?" " She found it exciting, different." " Different?" " From a mover's." "How did you know that she was seeing someone?" "She missed her shifts and asked for time off." " But it seemed very innocent." " What happened?" "One night she didn't turn up, so I called Theis and told him about it." "We drove around looking for her until we got a call from a hotel." "Why did she take a room?" "She'd had too much to drink." "I think the guy had dumped her." " Did she do drugs?" " I don't think so." " Did she mention the guy?" " I think he was married or something." "She wouldn't tell me his name." "She always called him Faust." "Faust?" " It's probably not his real name." " Why did she call him Faust?" " I don't know." " That was in the spring and summer." "You haven't heard about him since?" "No, but my sister thought it might be important to you..." "We're glad you came." "Tell your sister that we appreciate it." "Did she ever tell you where she and Faust met?" " Hotels, I think." " Do you know which ones?" "No, that was in the beginning." "Later it was in some flat." " A flat?" " Yes." "She said it was cool." "I think it was in Store Kongensgade." "I just wanted to make her happy." "Help her a little on the way." "I loved her too, Pernille." "It's Theis." "Please answer it." "You're innocent." "Our lawyer will take it from here if necessary." "How did the girl get a key?" "The office key is in the drawer." " It hasn't been there all the time." " Let's keep our heads cool." " Plenty of people borrow the flat." " You haven't kept track." "I damn well have!" "I make a note every time someone borrows the key." "Stop it, for fuck's sake!" "We have better things to do." "There's also a tape missing from the reception." "No matter what, the girl was attacked in our flat." "That doesn't mean someone in our camp did it." "The girl might have been followed." "We'll have to postpone the alliance." " I won't involve the other parties." " The police are keeping a lid on it." " It makes no sense." " I won't involve the other parties." " They'll take exception." " Perhaps." "But we'll have to wait." "How long?" "Till after the election?" "Until we're absolutely sure what the hell is going on." "There's no Faust on the nightclub's list." " How about at Hartmann's office?" " No." "No one from his office is on the list either." "It must be an alias." " Go to the club and ask around." " Where the hell do you think I am?" "Right, okay." "I can't see a politician gallivanting around here, but maybe he didn't." " What do you mean?" " The club has a dating portal." "People can meet on the Net if they like." "Maybe that's it." "I'll have a technician check it out." "Let me know if something turns up." "See you." "Mark?" "Mum?" "Welcome to Boils." "A woman whose life is..." " Hi." " Hi." " Where's Mark?" " He and I and Magnus saw a movie." " He's spending the night at Magnus'." " That's fine." "How about you?" "I've just eaten." " And otherwise?" " We're making progress." " Mark talked to his father today." " About what?" "He's coming to town, but Mark didn't know if you'd be in Sweden." "He can see him." "Since this is dragging on." "Yes, we noticed that." "Your boxes are in the basement." "FAUST: 1 PROFILE" ""Ruling the heart is the most difficult thing."" "Good morning, everyone." "I know this is a bit untraditional but the police need our help." "They want to talk to all of you today." "You'll be summoned to the station one by one." "What's it about?" "I can't say." "I've been asked not to." "Everything you hear is confidential." "I'm counting on your full discretion." "That applies in this building as well." "Full discretion." "Thank you." "You'll be contacted sometime today." "Will we never be rid of him?" "He's a civil servant, so it's hard." " Did the police get the material?" " Yes, the bookings of who and when." "Assist them in every way." "The group leaders are on their way." "Won't you reconsider?" "It's not necessary." "Send them in." "Good morning." "Hi, Jens." "Welcome." "Nice to see you." " Rie, we're late." " I'm coming." "It's an exclusive portal for club members." "If you're somebody, you can go in here and find your peers." "Do any of the profiles fit Hartmann's personnel?" "Almost everyone uses an alias." "Faust has been very busy." "His profile was created a year ago." "He's had a lot of dates with women." "He invites them to fancy hotels." "The Hilton etc." " No personal information?" " No." "In April, Faust contacts a profile called NBL." " Nanna Birk Larsen." " They meet." "They correspond in the spring, but they stop in the summer." " Faust writes, but NBL doesn't reply." " Can we see who Faust is?" "Not directly, but I've accessed the portal's log files." "He logged on from the flat and the town hall's wireless network." "Can you trace the other women he's dated?" " I'll check." " Hartmann's alibi pans out." "He was at the conference centre the whole weekend." "His office personnel is coming." "Lennart Brix is in your office." " Buchard will deal with him." " Buchard isn't here." "The guys upstairs asked me to talk to you." "About dereliction of duty." "Dereliction?" "Some phone records slipped out of the system." "An inquiry will be initiated." "Here's a court order to requisition new records." " Buchard said he'd do it." " Buchard isn't here anymore." "Unless he came to pick up this things." "His dereliction is being looked into." "For now he's on vacation." "It's doubtful that he'll return before he's up for retirement." "We'll manage." "As far as I know, Buchard wasn't alone in his dereliction of duty." "Would you come with me?" "I know you have a position in the Swedish police." "I expect you to finish your work here without a fuss." "From now on, you report to me." " What's up with the duty roster?" " Talk to Pernille." " When will she be here?" " I don't know." "Did the police talk to you about?" " Did they say when we go to court?" " No." "The duty roster is in the top drawer." "I've talked to Charlotte." "I should have told you." "I realise that." "You didn't tell me that something was wrong." "You knew she was in trouble, and you didn't tell me." "Why?" "She asked me not to." "She didn't want to upset you." " She didn't want to upset me?" " Yes." "She knew she could tell me anything." "Anything." "She promised she'd work for us." "She promised you she'd keep up with her schoolwork, right?" "But she was sick of it." "She promised to pull herself together." "I had to trust her." "What else haven't you told me?" "There must be more lies." " A lot of things that I don't know." " No, there aren't." "That's it." "She knew she had messed up." "But I didn't think she had to hear it from you, too." " I wanted her to do well in school." " But it wasn't just school." "She called me because you never let her make the mistakes you made." "Don't talk to me about mistakes." "Pernille!" "Pernille..." " We have a good foundation." " Even if a Liberal wrote it." " When do we go public?" " After the city council meeting." "I think we should wait to go public." "I'm very happy about your decisions." "It's important that we don't rush into it." "Let's work on the details of our cooperation first." " What the hell do you mean?" " They'll be all over us." "So we have to know where we stand." "The most important thing is showing we're united against Bremer." "I spent all night convincing my group." " Why not move on it?" " We will." "We need to discuss things so we aren't taken by surprise." " The voters need time." " They'll have time." "We just need to be prepared." " But we agree on everything." " Then we'll agree tomorrow." "Troels, do you have a minute?" "Yes." "Bremer has changed the agenda of the meeting." "Three subjects." "The harbour tunnel, congestion charge and fixing rooms." "Of course." "The things we argue about." "He wants to show us and the public that we don't agree on anything." " We never agree on those things." " But this was your idea, Troels." "I put my ass on the line and struggled to convince my group." " It's just a few days." " Stop it." "We have to move on the alliance tonight." "And show a united front." "And you'll take the lead." "Otherwise you can count me out." " You've never been in the flat?" " No, it's the party's." "I'm a civil servant." "What's up?" "Did others use it after the poster party?" "I'm not the right person to ask." "Because I work for school services." "But you're often in Hartmann's office." "At times, but it isn't easy to get on his good side." " What's up?" " Does "Faust" mean anything to you?" "Yes." " He sold his soul to the devil." " Does anyone use that nickname?" "No, but I'm sure some of them deserve to be called it." "The technicians found a woman who's corresponded with Faust." " Am I done now?" " No, my colleague will continue." "How are you?" "I'll be discharged tomorrow." "Want some coffee?" "No thanks." "Any news?" "No, I don't think so." "I heard you're not pressing charges." "Why?" "Because I lied to you." "She came over that night." "Briefly." "But she was there." "I thought it was my wife." "She's due any day now." "I'm sorry." "If there's anything I can do, please let me know." "Look, Mum!" "Are you all right?" "We have buns and hot chocolate." "You can just help yourselves, can't you?" "Take what you want." " Excuse me." "Nethe Stjernfeldt?" " Yes." " Jan Meyer, CID." " Sarah Lund." "Your office told us that we could find you here." "We'd like to ask you some questions about a contact of yours from a dating site." "What's this?" "I'm Nethe's husband." " We need to talk to your wife." " Is something wrong?" "It's not serious." "She might have seen something." "You just stay here." " We'll be right back." " Would you hold this, please?" " I don't know what you're on about." " Have you been on a dating site?" "So you've never met or corresponded with Faust?" "Someone named Fanny Hill dated Faust from your address." "It's not a crime." "We just want to know if it's you." "It isn't." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "On 14 December, Fanny writes that she wants a date with Faust." "What do you know about that?" "Nothing at all." "It's my son's birthday." "I have to go." "Did you visit his flat in Store Kongensgade?" "No." "I don't know what..." "No." "All we want to know is who Faust is." "Thanks." "Leave me alone." "I don't know what it's about." "If you want to talk to my wife, call my office." "Don't ruin a party." "I'll talk to forensics about any more leads from the flat." "Have her followed." "We need to talk to her alone." "You've disagreed on these subjects for years." "What will change?" " Let's call them all in again." " Didn't you want to postpone it?" "We'll form committees to look into it." "They have to agree to that." "But not by tonight." "Bremer will show how much you disagree." "Is it possible for us all to bend our principles a bit?" " Hi, Rie." " Hi." " How much will you bend?" " Then think of something." "Solve it." " Any news?" " The police are at a loss." " No help from our employees?" " It doesn't look like it." " And no suspects?" " No." "They're asking about someone called Faust." "They think he's involved." "If you ask me, they don't know anything." " Are you sure they said Faust?" " Yes." "Why?" "I've got it." "Take a look." "The statute." " Do you know a Faust?" " No." "Read the paragraph on agendas." "On the middle of the page." "Boys, remember your school bags." "And toothbrushes." " Is Dad coming?" " No, he has to work." "Hi." " Hi, Dad." " Hi, boys." "Hi." "Shall I pick you up?" " Do you have to work?" " Yes, but I'll come soon." " I have to talk to you." " We have to be there for dinner." "Give me that and go up and play." "Since the very first time I saw you..." "No one knows me like you do." "I know that I..." "I know I..." "We have to try." "Without you I can't..." "I'll do anything as long as you'll stay." "Don't leave." "Welcome to our last meeting before the election." "We have a long agenda." "You've all seen the agenda." "I direct your attention to items 10, 11 and 12." "It's our last chance to elucidate these points which we've discussed of late." "That is, the harbour tunnel, congestion charge and fixing rooms." "The voters have a right to know precisely where each party stands." "Let's take it from the top..." "I'd like the floor, please." "Could I read the first item aloud?" "The statute says you can ask for the floor when there's a new agenda." "Fine." "Troels Hartmann has the floor." "Thank you." "And thanks for the new agenda." "It was about time." "One might think that the mayor suddenly woke up." "Several issues that the mayor has shelved are now for discussion." "One would think the mayor wanted to solve the city's problems and not just cause disunity." "What a bunch of nonsense." "Let's get to the issues." "Permit me to stick to the rules for a moment." "The new agenda isn't legal." " What?" " According to the statute changes in the agenda must be approved four days in advance." " That's not the case." " It's been done before." "We should have put our foot down before." "One could say it's a small point to object to." "But one could also say that it's symptomatic of the way the mayor has run the municipality for the last 12 years." "For 12 years we've been subjected to this farce." "It's been impossible for the individual to question this absolute monarchy." "The question is whether we'll put up with it anymore." "This agenda entails that we discuss issues on the fly and try to solve problems that require calm and consideration and preparation to solve." "Is that fair?" "I propose that we vote whether we'll accept this insult or not." "Thanks." "No way." "It's out of the question." "We need to find Faust's other dates." "Women who've met him." "Find them." "We need to know who he is." "Call me when you know." "Buchard!" "The phone company's records are on your desk." "It's a prepaid phone card, but the phone is shut down." " And the name that was deleted?" " I never saw it." "Why do you put up with this?" "I would either be left holding the baby or I would agree to a retirement plan." "After 36 years they stick me with this shit." "Good luck." "Who asked you to bury the information?" "If it was Faust's number that was deleted, we'll never know." " What about the flat?" " Hartmann's hands were everywhere." "He has an alibi." "What else?" "We have plenty of leads." "Saliva, hair and fingerprints." "We can't find a DNA profile that matches." " What about Faust's other dates?" " There isn't much to go on." "But there's something else." "The interviews from the town hall." "There's just one incriminating testimony." " Olav Christensen." " I talked to him." "Hartmann refused to promote him." "A week ago, out of spite he took the teacher's file we requested." "Hartmann initiated an inquiry." "It doesn't look good." "It's not him." "Why would you delete calls from some civil servant?" " You're right." "I don't know." " I'll talk to the lawyers." "Perhaps we can pressure Stjernfeldt to testify." " Lund, got a minute?" " No." "We've looked into missing women." "I'm busy." "See you." "Women have disappeared without a trace during that period." "Can we do this later?" "Yes." "I love my husband." "But he was away on business 200 days last year." "You wrote a profile on the dating site." "My friend told me about it." "I did it for fun." "I wasn't serious about it." "I got a lot of responses, but only one got my attention." " He was different." " In what way?" "Attentive." "He responded to what I wrote." "We were in sync." " So you met?" " I wasn't looking for an affair." "But you met him several times." "I thought I had a handle on it, but it was as if..." "I was ready to give up everything." "He wasn't into relationships, and he stopped answering my messages." "Have you seen him since?" "This may sound stupid, but he saved my marriage." "I don't care about that." "I want to know who Faust is." " Why?" " Just tell us who he is." " I don't want to bad-mouth him..." " Just tell us his damn name." "Who is Faust?" "Now we'll vote to approve the new agenda." "You can vote yes." "Or no if you feel the need." "Vote now, please." "Yes." "12 ayes, and 28 nays." "This means that the new agenda has not been approved." "We'll continue with the original agenda." "The first item is..." "Troels Hartmann, someone wants to speak to you." " Now?" " Yes." "CID." " I don't have time for this." " Come along or we'll arrest you." "You have a right to an attorney." "If you ask me, call him right now."