‘A vintage classic from the award-winning, multi-million bestselling Norwegian author Gunnar Staalesen, available in English for the first time’– Bitter Flowers [ About the Book ] Fresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears, and the case of a missing…
‘A seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity leads a PI and his ex-con assistant on a murderous trail, in a sophisticated, riveting, cunningly plotted historical thriller set in interwar and prohibition-era Norway.‘– The Assistant [ About the Book ] Oslo, 1938. War is in the air and Europe is in turmoil. Hitler’s Germany has occupied…
‘A sinister story of fear and isolation told with imaginative flair. Mesmerising.’ -Michael RidpathSILENCED [ About the Book ] As a police team is called in to investigate a woman’s suicide at the Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík, to detective Guðgeir Fransson it looks like a tragic but straightforward case. It’s only afterwards that the pieces…
Two-year-old Patricia was kidnapped ten years ago and never seen again….Or was she?– Smoke Screen [ About the Book ] When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren’t adding up Oslo,…
‘Verg Veum – The ‘Lone Wolf’ – is back’– Fallen Angels [ About the Book ] Ever-dogged Bergen PI Varg Veum has to dig deep into his own past as he investigates the murder of a former classmate. When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey…
‘A flamboyant serial killerA cryptic calling cardA twisted mission that is far from over…’– Death Deserved [ About the Book ] Oslo, 2018. Former long-distance runner Sonja Nordstrøm never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography, Always Number One. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm visits Nordstrøm’s home later that day, she finds the door unlocked…
‘Ester can see part of her father’s face through the bars on the window. The hairline, the fringe over his forehead and the top of his glasses. That is when he sees her. They exchange looks. His hand grasps a bar on the door window. She closes her eyes and regrets that she has seen…
Today I review Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson, recently published by Orenda Books. Described as Nordic Noir, Ragnar Jonasson is a great new voice in crime fiction with the atmosphere crawling off the pages.