"There's blood on the mattress, table and floor." "And hair." " Also from Nanna's hat." " Who had access?" " Jeppe Hald." " And traces of drugs?" "I don't know." " I want a lawyer." " He was refused sleep." " Questioning without a lawyer?" " Breakfast isn't questioning." " Morten sent the e-mail." " I've known him for 20 years." "Why would he help Bremer?" "The alliance comes first." "Do you believe in fate?" "Until recently, everything was fine." "Then a young woman was murdered, and suddenly everything changed." "We agreed that we should put the boys first." "I want to know what happened." "She was raped and beaten." "And possibly held captive as well." " Abrasions." " Bedsores." "Her nails and everything are clean." "Her nails were cleaned and cut." "He knew what he was doing." "He's probably done it before." "Of course I'm coming." "I'm looking forward to seeing your parents and Ole, Missan, Janne and Panne, and Hasse, Basse and Lasse." "You think someone leaked it?" "I have every confidence in our people." "Wasn't it a formality?" "Hi, Kirsten." "It wasn't meant to be." "Damn it!" " She would have said..." " I don't know." "She wasn't mad at you." "She really wasn't." "It's the cellar." "The assessors have found dry rot in it." "We can't move now." "I can't do that to my family." " You always ignore me." " There's a reason for that." "Tell your wife that you can keep it for as long as you like." " You're a good mother." " Not him!" "She met someone." "Why can't Oliver have bought them?" "And the date was with him?" "There's something wrong." "Show me what I sent." "Come on." "I never wrote that." "I told Bremer no." "You're right about innovation." " Where did you get this?" " Jeppe recorded it on his phone." "I'll bring them back in." "THE KILLING" " Meyer." " What's up?" " We just got back to the station." " Don't question them yet." "It went without a hitch." "Both of them are here." "Hello?" " The switch is on the right." " Don't question them yet." "Last time I checked, we had the same stripes." "I want to check something first." "The super will give you get credit if that's what you're worried about." " Give me 20 minutes." " Bring a round of beer." "Bye." "THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 7:45 P.M." "You have two choices:" "Either you confess right now or we watch the rest and wait for your lawyer to come tomorrow." "It's up to you." "I have plenty of time either way." "But I know you two did it." "And so do you." "So why not get it over with?" "Maybe your friend will beat you to it." "What do you think?" "He could be right next door." "Who knows?" "He might be saying it's your fault." "That you did it." "That wouldn't be nice, would it?" "Maybe it wasn't your fault." "It was his idea and you went along for the ride." "So..." "What to do?" "Play the waiting game all night?" "Let's get it over with." "It's not her, for Christ's sake." " What do you mean?" " The girl in the boiler room." " How did you get in?" " An unlocked door to the gym." "Where did you two meet?" "In elementary school in 7th grade." "We soon became friends." "Nanna chose this school, so I did too." " I didn't expect to get in." " How often were you together?" "What do you mean?" "You've hardly called or texted each other lately." "But Nanna contacted you." "We argued, but it wasn't serious." " About Oliver?" " I don't remember." " It was nothing." " You disagreed about Oliver." "Nanna didn't care for him, but you're in love with him, right?" " What weird questions!" " So you went to the boiler room?" " Can I leave now?" " You left this behind." "We can look for the dress, but why not just tell me?" "Was Nanna in the room, or were you and the boys alone?" "It was because I was mad at her." "She called the shots and treated me like a little kid." "I only remember seeing Jeppe filming us." "I tried to stop him and tripped over some bottles." "I cut myself badly." "Oliver took me to the emergency room." "We were there all night." " He was still crazy about Nanna." " Where was Nanna?" "I don't know." " Lisa..." " I don't know!" "At 9:30 she came into the hall and put her hat on me." "Then she gave me a hug, said goodbye, and then she left." "Hartmann entered an alliance with the Centre Party." "A change of political system in local government is close." " We can rise to the challenge." " Turn it off, please." "Hartmann has regained..." "The group is out celebrating." "They send their congratulations." " Hello, my name is Troels." " Rie." "You're lovely." "Why haven't I noticed?" "I couldn't say." " What about my father?" " I'm exhausted." "It's his birthday." " Knud, we're going to my place." " No." " Yes." "Turn here, Knud." " We're going to parliament." " It's Morten." " I'm not talking to him." "If he sold out to Bremer, then cut him loose." "I checked his contract." "He was hired for the campaign and the force majeure clause allows us to read his e-mails." " That doesn't mean it's okay." " I know and I'm very sorry." "Can't we forget Morten and Bremer and be pleased with what we have?" "Happy birthday, Dad." "You look great." "I'm in great shape." " We should be celebrating Troels." " It's just an alliance, but thanks." "Happy birthday." "Cheers." " So you two socialise." " Dad has a wide social circle." "Keep your friends close and enemies closer." "Have you been ruled out of the case?" " The murder case?" " Are there any others?" "No." "We're not involved." "There will be no more of that." "Otherwise it would be difficult for us to back you." "Not now." "The prime minister and others wonder if you're in control." "Everything is under control." "Excuse me." "The party leaders are nervous." "He can split the party." "He doesn't want to do that." "Can I have a word?" "It'll only take a minute." " Did I push the price up too high?" " Not at all." "I know what you've been up to." "Morten has been fired." "I don't know what you've promised him." "But it ends now." "If I catch you playing any more games" "I will take you to court." "Do I make myself clear?" "No, I don't know what you're talking about." " Fine." " Troels." "I've always been fond of you." "Since you were wet behind the ears and held your first speech in parliament." "Today I've been defeated." "It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I don't like it." "Nor do I like that you, in a fit of paranoia, accuse me of things." "If I wanted to crush you, wouldn't I have done so long ago?" "Give it some thought." "We drove around and looked at vineyards that that..." "The whole town was decorated, so it was a big event." "What about flowers in the church?" "Charlotte has taken care of it." " Did you buy the wine then?" " We drove up to Beaujolais." "It was the week the Nouveau would be released." " I've got the boots." "Bye." " Bye." "It was the week the Nouveau was released." "What do the police say?" " They'll let us know in due time." " Have they said how it's going?" " Did you buy some of that wine?" " No, we left in a bit of a hurry." " They must have told you something." " We have to believe..." "That the police are doing their job." " Do they keep you posted?" " We don't want to interfere." " Why not?" " Mum!" "Perhaps Pernille and Theis need some peace and quiet." "But it's only natural..." "Mum, listen to what Theis and I say." "We don't want to interfere." "I remember when the two of you met." "And you promised to take good care of her." "We'll work it out." "How will you do that, Theis?" "I don't know what you mean." "Can't you see she's devastated?" "Let's go." " If you need anything, call us." " Yes." "I'm just changing the spark plugs." "Theis?" "There's something else." "You said we shouldn't interfere." "But I met Jannik." "You know, our old driver." "His wife works in the high school office." " You could hear what the police..." " Not now, Vagn." "I just thought..." "Read your deposition and then sign it." "Is there someone to keep you company at home?" "You have no idea who she was going to meet?" "She was happy." "As if she was looking forward to something." "I'm charging them with perjury." "They didn't exactly cooperate." " Aren't they in enough trouble?" " Why didn't you tell me?" "Why haven't you said a word?" "I feel like a fool." " I did try..." " No." " You're in your own little world." " Okay." "I'm sorry about that." "And I mustn't smoke or eat or yell." " Or raise my voice to the suspects." " Be glad I'll soon be gone." " What do we have?" "Not a thing." " Yes, we do." "Plenty if you'd only listen." "We know some things about the perp." "Tests show that he drugged her with ether." "He held her captive and abused her for 15-20 hours." "Afterwards he bathed her, cut her fingernails and drove her to the woods where he knew they wouldn't be disturbed." "He toyed with her." "He let her run and caught her." "Furthermore, we found designer boots in her closet." "Her parents didn't know about them." "They're too expensive for her to buy." "The necklace is still a mystery." "It could be the perp's or perhaps a gift." "The car was parked outside the school all night." "The keys were somewhere inside." "The next day the car was gone." "Now here's what I think is the most important." "She had a secret rendezvous." "She changed clothes and left her costume at school to meet someone that even her best friend didn't know about." "You're not about to say 'a teacher', are you?" "Right." "We'll start over tomorrow." "The school falls under the mayor of education." "Hartmann will want to know." "And you have to stay a bit longer." "I can't." "Mark starts school on Monday." "With all respect, I don't think it's a good idea either." "I know the ropes now." "And you could say our collaboration isn't exactly close." "Frankly, I think Lund should stick to her plan and leave." "He hasn't had anything to eat." "DAY 5" "The school board and I are suspending Jeppe Hald and Oliver Schandorff from school for a while." "They admit taking drugs at school, and their future should be discussed." "The police are here again." "They have more questions about Nanna." "Why?" "They want to talk to all of Nanna's teachers." "They'll take your schedules into consideration." "Please assist them." "Thank you." " You should tell them." " It's not relevant." " They'll find out anyway." " What time is your Lamaze class?" " You don't have time, dear." " But I want to." "You have that thing with the boys tonight." "Rama, would you deliver the flowers and letters to her parents?" "I'll take them over this afternoon." " Tell them." " See you." " We were going to leave tonight." " I can't make it." " Tomorrow afternoon." " That's when the guests arrive." "I have to fix up the guest room and measure for the curtains if they're to be hung up before the housewarming." "How about staying with us for the week?" "You took the time off." "And instead of a holiday with Birgit you could stay with us." "Stay with your boyfriend and take your son to school while you work?" "Forget it." "It was just an idea." "Is there any hot coffee?" "Is this the kind of mother I raised you to be?" "You haven't talked to Mark." "It's been a busy week." "He's 12." "You know nothing about him or his life..." " I have to go." " You don't know he has a girlfriend." "Our relationship is special." "He's very independent." "We're not in each other's faces all the time." " And I know about his girl." " I'm off." "I'll go with you." " Mark!" "You haven't had breakfast." " I'm not hungry." "I'm sorry about this week." "I'll set things right." "Granny said you had a girlfriend." "That's nice." " What's her name?" " It's not important." " You can invite her to Sweden." " I'm going to be late for school." "Mark..." "I'm interested in what goes on in your life." "She just broke up with me." "And you don't give a damn." "You're only interested in dead people." " You said we weren't involved." " No." "You certainly didn't mention a teacher." " We're looking into it." " Let's go." " What have you found out?" " I can't comment on that." "They're my schools and teachers." "You have to tell me." "I will tell you when we've checked it out." "Who are you checking out?" "Christ!" "I have to know so I can take precautions." " You've made a fool of me once." " I can't put your election first!" "It isn't about the election." "I want to catch the guy." "What if you're wrong?" "You said you're not sure." "What if it's not a teacher?" "Do you know what that will do to them?" "I haven't had time to think about that!" "We'll be discreet so we don't start any rumours." "Obviously." "Fine." "That's all I wanted..." "We'd like to help." "I'll ask administration to send you copies of their personnel files." "Is Jan Meyer here?" "I'm Hanne Meyer." "I have something for him." " Sarah Lund." "I work with..." " So this is what you look like." " I've heard a lot about you." " I'll bet." "I know what he's like." "He means well, and he thinks you're very good." "He's to take two of these every hour." "If it doesn't help, try the bananas." "He can't have coffee or cheese chips." "They upset his stomach." "A new job is always hard at first." "Let's hope it works out this time." "What the hell...?" "Hi, honey." "What are you doing here?" " You forgot this in the car." " Thanks." "Take care." "Have a nice day, you two." "Bye." " Should we go?" " Yes." "The police will keep us informed." "The press might write about it, but it will only be guesswork." "Okay?" " Let's get to work." " Do they think it's a teacher?" " That's one theory." " Do you know what this means?" "The press doesn't care if you're not involved." "If it's a teacher, you'll be accountable." "Innocent or not." " What are you suggesting?" " We get everything on the teachers." "We have to be sure we haven't messed up and there are no surprises." "Then do it." "If that's all, let's get to work." " Where is Morten?" " He's off sick." "Back trouble." " We're working on a solution." " So we all need to get a move on." "The integration campaign starts tonight with the role model event." " Have you heard from Morten?" " I left a message about sick leave." "Bremer didn't seem to know about Morten last night." "He would hardly broadcast it." "How about dinner tonight?" " Of course we'll have dinner." " You never know." "I'm here to collect some files for administration." " See you later." " They're right here." "Would you tell the head that we'd like a meeting?" "He's busy all day, but I can help." "We need information on Frederiksholm High School." " What kind of information?" " The files on all employees." " I'll get on to it." " Thanks." "Bye." " What's the alternative?" " Selling it as a 'fixer-upper'." " But you'll lose a lot of money." " How much?" " I'm not sure." " A ballpark figure." "As much as half a million." "The third option is to renovate it." "But it would take some time." " My condolences." " Thank you." "We're about done here." "Think it over and give me a call." "Something wrong?" "No, it was about selling the house." "Theis, I can't..." "I can't decide which one to choose." "The white one is nice." " How old are you?" " 35." "How would you characterise Nanna?" "Outgoing." "Happy." "Clever." " You two had a good relationship?" " Definitely." " She was a smart girl." " Did you see her outside school?" "No." "I rarely socialise with pupils." "I have plenty to do." " My wife is pregnant." " How nice." " We're very excited." " Did you see Nanna at the party" "No." "I had the first watch." "I left at 8." " Did you have a date?" " Yes." " With whom?" " My wife." "That's all we need to know." "Please send the next person in." "Did you eat my bananas?" "A thought struck me." "I don't know if it's relevant but a few months ago Nanna wrote an essay for a mock exam." "She chose to write a short story." "Why might this be relevant?" "It was about a secret affair between a married man and a young girl." "It was very erotic." "It was written as a fictional work, but I gave it a lot of thought." "Why?" "Perhaps some of it was based on self-experience." "In what way was it erotic?" "The description of their meeting was very intense." "You didn't tell us that the first time we talked." "I didn't know if it was of any importance." "We'd like to read it." "Where is it?" "In the storeroom with the others." "It was a mock exam." "Yes." "Can we see it?" " Thanks for your support." " You're welcome." "I've been thinking about it constantly." "I can't have been in the office when the e-mail was sent." "What do I do between 5:30 and 6?" "I go out and meditate." "You know I do." "Everyone knows." "Is that all?" "Your next appointment isn't for 15 minutes." "Do you remember your first speech at the party conference?" "1986 or '87." "You were nervous because it was being broadcast." "You rehearsed it all night." "Remember?" "Do you remember what we promised each other?" "Some other time." "Troels." "Beware of the civil servants." "When I left that night, the light was on in their office." "I don't who was there, but someone was." "It's our new campaign." "The mayor of education will be there." "And the role models who won the integration prize." "Bring your photographer." "Good." "Thank you." "See you." "Bye." " Otherwise it's fine." " Okay." " What did you find?" " It's a model school." "No unfortunate grievances." "The teachers seem well qualified." " Is there nothing worth noting?" " Not that I know of." " But I don't know what you're after." " It's just a routine check." "Yes." "Everything under Troels is usually in order." "Thank you." "What's your name?" "Olav." " Have you found it?" " It's not here." " It should be." " It's not." "We've been through it all." "This box was open." "One of our teachers is a linguist." "He read some of them." "He's writing a paper on trends in language." " What's his name?" " Henning Kofoed." " He's usually very meticulous." " Why haven't we talked to him?" " He wasn't one of Nanna's teachers." " Is he here?" " No." "Only in the mornings." " Could we have his address?" "Yes." "It's in my office." " Hi." " Hello." "She'll be ready in 10 minutes." "She looked beautiful." "We have to pick up the thermoses." "We can borrow two from my mother." "We need some more washer fluid." " You think I have it?" " It was a mock exam." " Could I send it to you?" " We'd prefer to have it now." " You read the mock exams." " I must have misplaced it." " Did you read it?" " I read many things." "Nanna..." " How long have you taught there?" " Five years." " You can't have done much research." " I've done a lot." " In what?" " Language." "The dynamics of language is very interesting." "A word like 'ciabatta' didn't exist some years ago, while French bread..." " How about looking for that essay?" " It must be here somewhere." "Maybe it's..." " Did you throw it out?" " I'd never do that." "I knew I had it." "I'm sorry." "Let me walk you to the door." "I think we need to talk." " Where were you on Friday?" " At a conference." " The language of youth." " When did it end?" " 10 p.m." " Then what?" " I went home." " Witnesses?" "No, I live alone." "I spend most of my time working." "And meanwhile you play with yourself and ogle at these." "I don't like your tone." "I could arrest you for this." " The magazines aren't illegal." " I suppose not." "We could take your computer." "Shall we?" "You have an external hard drive." "Should we take that too?" "Is it full of fun and games, Henning?" "Do you know how guys like you are received in prison?" "I've never done anything." "I wasn't the one accused..." " But you can be and quickly." " Who was accused?" "Who was accused?" " It wasn't me." " Who are you talking about?" "I don't really remember." "It never amounted to anything." " It wasn't reported to the police." " What was it about?" "The girl retracted her statement." "He was exonerated." "He's a nice guy." " Who?" " Rama." "He teaches Danish." " Some of them are a bit wilted." " Thanks anyway." "Her class wants to come to the funeral." "That's fine." "You can as well..." "Thank you." "We'll all be there." "I don't want to disturb you." "Could you tell me something about her?" "An experience?" "Anything." "She was very much into Aristotle." "She was in our drama group." "I told them about Aristotle's impact on acting." "She was very interested in that." "She even suggested that our plays should last from dawn till dusk." "Just like the old Greek plays." "I think she meant it as a joke." "She helped me make this table." "We spent our whole Easter vacation on it." "Shit!" "You scared me there." "Are you okay?" "Seven days ago she walked out of our door." "She was going to a party." "I saw her again today." "But..." "It wasn't really her." "She wasn't really..." "It was as if she were..." " I'll go get Pernille." " No." "You said that Jannik had heard something." "I haven't talked to him very much." "His wife said the police are still at the school looking for something." "They're questioning the teachers and employees." "She might know more than what I've been told." "So..." " I could try..." " Yes." "You do that, Vagn." "Test the waters." "Frederiksholm is a model school." "There's nothing on the teachers." "I ran into Morten, who mentioned something we should look into." "But not now." "First a photo shoot, then we meet the other role models." " When do the civil servants go home?" " Troels, get on with it." "He's one of the best." "He coaches kids and arranges street basketball." " Do any of them work late?" " I don't know." "Why?" "Maybe we were too quick to judge Morten." "There he is." " Welcome." " Nice to meet you." " You too." "Ready?" " You bet." "Gentlemen..." "When I've tied my shoe, get ready to take a beating."