Books by Niels Krause-Kjær

"Nogle gange overgår virkeligheden fantasien." - Kristeligt Dagblad Da lederen af Det Demokratiske Parti bliver alvorligt kvæstet, kastes partiet ud i en beskidt magtkamp mellem gruppeformanden og den politiske ordfører. En af de to skal overtage den fremtidige ledelse af partiet. Fortid, gemen pression og dokumentfalsk tages i brug i deres bestræbelser på at nå helt til tops. Alle bruger alle i det politiske spil, og også journalisterne på Christiansborg har deres egne agendaer. Dette gælder ikke mindst for Ulrik Torp, der langsomt må se sine idealer krakelere og til sidst tvinges til selv at tage affære ? Kongekabale blev efter udgivelsen filmatiseret med Søren Pilmark, Anders W. Berthelsen og Lars Mikkelsen i hovedrollerne og vandt blandt andet otte Robert-priser.

"Mørkeland" er Niels Kraus-Kjærs uafhængige fortsættelse af den filmatiserede bestseller-roman "Kongekabale". Mistanke om svindel på højeste plan viser sig at trække tråde langt ind i det danske demokrati. En ung fuldmægtig i indenrigsministeriet myrdes, dagen før der udskrives folketingsvalg. Journalisten Ulrik Torp, der efter en fyringsrunde er endt på kontanthjælp, sendes af Jobcenteret i virksomhedspraktik på Dagbladet og begynder at skrive om mordet. Den unge fuldmægtig havde angiveligt fået færten af et omfattende bedrag, og sammen med en praktikant kommer Ulrik Torp på sporet af en lille kreds af tidligere politikere og topembedsmænd, der med alle midler synes parate til at forsvare samfundet mod en illiberal dagsorden styret af tweets og facebookopslag. Ligesom "Kongekabale" bevæger "Mørkeland" sig i grænselandet mellem medier og politik og beskriver aktuelle politiske dilemmaer, ligesom den trækker den faktuelle historie om Firmaet - en privat efterretningstjeneste i Danmark dannet efter Anden Verdenskrig og angiveligt lukket ned i 1960?erne - ind i en nutidig sammenhæng.

Hvem kan holde på en hemmelighed? Og skal man?Tidligere justitsminister Otto Brathenberg dør tilsyneladende af et hjertetilfælde i sin sygeseng. Et tidligere folketingsmedlem dør nogle dage senere på hospice - lidt hurtigere, end man havde regnet med. Samtidig udløses et opgør mellem statsminister Palle Enevoldsen og den mere nationale politiker Kirsten Rolighed.Journalist Ulrik Torp, der er kommet på lykkepiller, har købt sig en lille bil og fået skrivebord på et beskedent freelancekontor, trækkes ind i sagen, der viser sig at have tråde tilbage til Murens fald og forsøg på påvirkning fra Moskva, både dengang og nu. Spørgsmålet er, om truslen mod et land kommer udefra eller indefra.

Niels Krause-Kjærs Tilskueren er en elementært spændende roman, der udspiller sig i et let genkendeligt Århus og vrimler med referencer til aktuelle politiske begivenheder, personer og diskussioner.Navneredaktøren Jørgen overværer et morderisk overfald midt i Århus, og det viser sig, at ofret er den unge praktikant, som arbejder på samme avis som Jørgen. Praktikanten var tilsyneladende kommet på sporet af en række prominente personers revolutionære fortid, og en af disse er Jørgens ven fra ungdomsårene, Flemming, som Jørgen netop er løbet ind i igen for nylig.Bogen er alle pengene værd ... Rigtig god fornøjelse!Lars Ole Sauerberg i Jyllands-PostenDenne roman er vedkommende, underholdende og aktuel.Per Krogh Hansen i Berlingske Tidende

Niels Krause-Kjær, journalist, forfatter til bl.a. "Kongekabalen". Samfundsdebattør. Tidligere pressechef for Det konservative Folkeparti.Bogen er ikke resultatet af videnskabelig forskning, selvom også den inddrages. I stedet er "Den politiske landsby" et personligt tværsnit gennem flere års politisk journalistik, som skribenten kender fra flere sider.

Journalist Ulrik Torp is drawn into a case about the Danish intelligence services and major political secrets, as the former Minister of Justice and Foreign Secretary suddenly dies of a heart attack. A few days later, it is former Member of Parliament Erling Jensen’s turn to expire earlier than expected. The question is whether the threat to a country comes from outside or from within."Devil's Democracy" is the third independent volume in Niels Krause-Kjær’s political thriller series. Like "Solitaire" and "Darklands", the novel moves in the border zone between media and politics and describes the game of power behind the scenes.Niels Krause-Kjær (born 1963) is a Danish journalist. After a period as press chief for the Danish Conservative Party’s Parliamentary Group, he wrote the political thriller "Solitaire", which became an award-winning film by Nikolaj Arcel. In 2019, "Darklands", the second volume in the series about journalist Ulrik Torp was published. This thriller is also being filmed.

"Darklands" is Niels Krause-Kjær’s independent sequel to the filmed bestselling novel "Solitaire".Suspicion of fraud at the highest level turns out to have threads reaching far into Danish democracy. A young civil servant in the Ministry of the Interior is murdered, the day before parliamentary elections are called. The journalist Ulrik Torp, who after a round of job cuts has ended up on social security, is sent by the Job Centre to a company internship at the Daily News and starts writing about the murder. The young civil servant had allegedly got wind of a widespread deception and, together with a journalist student intern, Ulrik Torp comes upon the trail of a small circle of former politicians and top officials who seem ready to use all means at their disposal to defend society against an illiberal agenda ruled by tweets and Facebook posts.Like "Solitaire", "Darklands" moves in the border zone between media and politics and describes current political dilemmas, just as it draws on the factual story about The Firm – a private intelligence service set up in Denmark after World War II and allegedly closed down in the 1960s – into a contemporary context.Niels Krause-Kjær (born 1963) is a Danish journalist. After a period as press chief for the Danish Conservative Party’s Parliamentary Group, he wrote the political thriller "Solitaire", which became an award-winning film by Nikolaj Arcel. "Darklands" is the second volume in the series about journalist Ulrik Torp. This thriller is also being filmed.

Corruption, conspiracies and the cynicism of true Machiavellian villains... Move over Frank Underwood there is a new bunch of power-hungry sociopaths in town. Just three weeks before the election the leader of the Democratic Party is seriously injured in a severe car accident. This catapults the party into a grubby power struggle between the parliamentary group chairman and the political spokesman. Only one of the two will be taking over the future leadership of the party.Past events, malignant arm-twisting and document forgery are all used in their efforts to reach the very top. Here everyone is a pawn in this high stakes game of political chess where even the journalists covering the Danish parliament have their own agendas.Enter young, ambitious journalist, Ulrik Torp, who is made Dagbladet’s correspondent in Parliament. An opportunity of a lifetime. But Ulrik gets caught up in the power struggle the parties two successors and slowly uncovers a cynical plot that involves the country's incumbent Prime Minister.Obsessed with learning the truth Ulrik must slowly watch as his ideals crack and eventually forced to take action himself...Something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark.Great for fans of Borgen, House of Cards and Narcos. Niels Krause-Kjær (born 1963) is a Danish journalist. After a period as press chief for the Danish Conservative Party’s Parliamentary Group, he wrote the political thriller "Solitaire", which became the award-winning film "King's Game" by Nikolaj Arcel. In 2019, "Darklands", the second volume in the series about journalist Ulrik Torp was published. This thriller is also being filmed.