Danish Stories

“Skål!” Niels Sørensen toasted his hosts, and they all downed a shot of akvavit. “Mercy me, that’s different!” Delilah laughed. “Is that caraway?” “By golly, I believe it is,” her husband Harvey replied. The Davenports had invited Niels to their apartment for farewell drinks; he was a visiting professor at Columbia University specializing in the history of Nordic Languages and was due to return to Denmark now that the aca...

There could be absolutely no doubt that Louise was having a fantastic week. Given that it had started so badly she had every reason to feel on top of the world. She had gone back to work for a special meeting with her firm’s founder, Sir Nigel, who had come out of retirement and taken over the day-to-day running of the firm while his daughter was suspended. Around the table were some of the best people in the company all...