7 HAUNTING LESSONS ABOUT TRUST, SECRETS, AND SURVIVAL - Reflections Inspired by Themes in The Tenant by Katrine Engberg (Personal Reflection)

7 HAUNTING LESSONS ABOUT TRUST, SECRETS, AND SURVIVAL - Reflections Inspired by Themes in The Tenant by Katrine Engberg (Personal Reflection) On the surface, The Tenant by Katrine Engberg is a murder mystery. In Copenhagen, a young woman is discovered drowned in a cold and dark river alongside some bruised and battered corpses. The detectives are seasoned, the red herrings thick and the atmosphere a combination of soggy cobblestones and Nordic disquiet. But underneath its plot twists and forensic details, there is something more disturbing, something that lingers, and creeps and worms through the antechambers of your mind days after you’ve put the book down. But the story is not really a murder mystery. It involves what we don’t say to each other. Of the secrets we stash in the folds of ordinary politeness. On how the people we’re closest to are often paradoxically the least known. It’s a novel about trust and what happens when it is misplaced, when it is taken advantage of, or, most hauntingly, when it was never really there in the first place. The brilliance of Katrine Engberg does not lie in the crime, but rather in her masterful grasp of human nature. Grab a copy of this book now!