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Book SynopsisThe highly anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, Fatal Isles. Perfect for fans of Shetland, Broadchurch and Ann Cleeves.
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'TREMENDOUS ... A TERRIFIC FOLLOW-UP' JOAN SMITH, SUNDAY TIMES
'EVOCATIVE' CHOICE MAGAZINE
A disused quarry. A suspicious death. A dark past bubbling to the surface . . .
Though Detective Karen Eiken Hornby returned to her homeland, the island nation Doggerland, from London some years ago, she has largely avoided visiting the northernmost island where her father's wayward family reside.
But when a man's body is discovered in a flooded quarry on Noorö and with illness preventing any of her colleagues attending, Karen has no choice but to head north to investigate.
However, with limited resources at her disposal Karen is largely on her own - and she cannot shake the feeling that her relatives, with their somewhat lax approach to the rule of law, could be involved . . .
PRAISE FOR THE DOGGERLAND SERIES:
'Terrific' SUNDAY TIMES
'Suspenseful and intriguing' CAMILLA GREBE
Trade ReviewTremendous ... a
terrific follow-up -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
This first novel in a proposed trilogy has
terrific characters as well as effectively
inventing a new genre, Anglo-Nordic noir -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times on Fatal Isles *
A
cracking police procedural set in a richly described isolated island community * Irish Independent on Fatal Isles *
An
excellent police procedural - she does detail brilliantly - but also really
thrilling. I love books that send me somewhere completely new and I really enjoyed Doggerland. She captured it perfectly, and
held me there for the whole thing * Jo Spain on Fatal Isles *
Karen Eiken
reminds me a bit of Jane Tennison: a strong, feminine and dedicated woman confronted by sexism within the police force while doing her job. At the same time striving not to be eaten up by the pressure of duties, struggling to quit smoking and not drinking too much. The island is a cool setting too, a bit Shetland-like . . . a good debut * Kjell Ola Dahl on Fatal Isles *
A
suspenseful and
intriguing story that combines the best of British crime writing tradition with Nordic noir. Doggerland is
a unique and alluring universe that I can't wait to revisit * Camilla Grebe on Fatal Isles *
Fatal Isles has everything I want from nordic noir - a
spellbinding plot,
atmospheric setting and a wonderfully flawed protagonist.
I loved it * Sarah Ward on Fatal Isles *
Fatal Isles is an
impressive debut combining an empathetic main character tormented by her past, with a detailed, complex police procedural. Adolfsson's main achievement, however, is Doggerland, a believable island nation where everyone knows everyone else and the mistrust of outsiders runs deep * Canberra Times on Fatal Isles *
