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The Hanging Girl

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Jussi Adler-Olsen
Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen is a renowned Danish author known for his crime novels. His works often feature the Copenhagen police detective Constantin Hamlet as the protagonist, which have been highly appreciated by readers. more

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“Thank God I don't have to pass judgement! Lord Geoffrey's accusations are troubling, and hard to disprove. But Count Alain is no fool. King Henry respected Lavastine, and as Alain said, it is harder to pass judgement on the actions of a dead man than on the worthiness of a living one." "Do you think so? The dead man can't defend himself." "But a good reputation is its own defense. It's harder to pass judgement exactly because he can't defend himself, because the whole of his life is laid out before you. Who are we, then, to decide we would have acted differently, and that our actions would have turned out for the better?”