Out Of The Dark by Heidi Amsinck

Out Of The Dark

 by Heidi Amsinck

Out Of The Dark by Heidi Amsinck was published on 24th April 2025 by Muswell Press and is the 4th book in the Jensen series.

My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour.

Synopsis

A missing child ... a tainted witness ... Jensen's darkest case yet …

Matilde Clausen, 9, vanishes from a crowded playground in the middle of Copenhagen, triggering a frantic search across the city. When a possible link emerges to the disappearance of Lea Høgh, 10, six years ago, DI Henrik Jungersen is thrown back into the nightmare that almost finished his career. 

Desperate for redemption, but barred from reopening the old case, Henrik turns to his estranged lover, Dagbladet chief crime reporter Jensen, for help. As the investigation reaches deep into Denmark’s underworld, how will Henrik, Jensen, and her troubled teenage apprentice Gustav, escape the darkness that threatens to engulf them, in time to solve the mystery? What really happened to Lea? And where on earth is Matilde?

My Review

You know that feeling when you open a new book , read the first page , and realise that you have found an incredible new author ? Well that’s what it was like when I started Out Of The Dark.

This excellent example of Danish Noir kept me engrossed from the very first page and I discovered an incredible detective in Henrik alongside his ex lover, crime reporter Jensen. These two make a phenomenal team as they search for Matilde and try and find what happened to Lea six years previously. 

Amsinck’s writing is aimed at making the reader feel that they are there, in the incident room, at the paper and out tracking down evidence with them. There are times when you will feel your skin crawl and there are many instances when it is not an easy read , especially considering the subject matter. This is the sign,though, of a clever and accomplished author who can pull their readers into the story, allowing you to question each character as they are introduced, or revisited, investigating the clues in your own head whilst wondering if you are going to reach the correct outcome.

I have to be honest I didn’t solve it which , for me, is a good thing as it has left me wanting to read more books by Heidi and I will definitely be ordering the first three books in the Jensen series.

A huge 5🌟read and another Detective writer in Heidi Amsinck to add to my must read every book they write list.

About The Author

Heidi Amsinck is a writer and journalist born in Copenhagen, now living in London. She has written many stories for BBC R4 and is the author of three previous titles in the Jensen series: My Name is Jensen, The Girl in the Photo and Back from the Dead