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Quercus Publishing Black Sky, Black Sea
Book Synopsis1977. Poised between the secular values of socialism and the conservatism of a tenuously balanced government, Istanbul is a fractured city haunted by demons of its own making. Along with thousands of other left-wing activists, Oak's interest in politics leads him to join the annual May Day rallies. There he encounters Zuhal, a fearless girl with a gun. As battles rage between nationalists and socialists, Oak witnesses the violent suppression of dissident minorities by his fellow citizens. The bewitching Zuhal begins to shape his ideals, bringing him face to face with disillusionment, and death.Trade Review'Accomplished, fascinating and relevant' Aftenposten. * Aftenposten *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Im Travelling Alone
Book SynopsisBut to complete the team, he must track down his former partner, Mia Krüger – a brilliant but troubled detective – who has retreated to a solitary island with plans to kill herself.Reviewing the file, Mia finds something new – a thin line carved into the dead girl’s fingernail: the number 1.Trade ReviewTerrific . . . Intelligent and gripping . . . May well propel [Bjork] to deserved international fame * The Times *Samuel Bjork’s formidable I’m Travelling Alone is despatched with real élan . . . Mia’s confrontation with both her own demons and a very human one is mesmerising fare * Independent *A compelling novel, with plenty of intrigue and some splendid action sequences * Guardian *Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series and Danish crime drama The Bridge * Crime Scene *Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary ***** * Heat *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Boy in the Headlights
Book SynopsisSamuel Bjork (Author) Samuel Bjork is the pen name of Norwegian novelist, playwright and singer/songwriter Frode Sander Øien. The Munch and Krüger series features five books: the Richard & Judy Bookclub bestseller I'm Travelling Alone, The Owl Always Hunts At Night, The Boy in the Headlights, The Wolf and Dead Island.Charlotte Barslund (Translator) Charlotte Barslund translates Scandinavian novels and plays. Her recent work includes Calling Out For You by Karin Fossum, Machine by Peter Adolphsen and The Pelican by August Strindberg.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Im Travelling Alone
Book SynopsisWhen the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads "I'm travelling alone." In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a special homicide unit. But to complete the team, he must track down his former partner, Mia Kruger...Trade ReviewTerrific . . . Intelligent and gripping . . . May well propel [Bjork] to deserved international fame * The Times *Samuel Bjork’s formidable I’m Travelling Alone is despatched with real élan . . . Mia’s confrontation with both her own demons and a very human one is mesmerising fare * Independent *A compelling novel, with plenty of intrigue and some splendid action sequences * Guardian *Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series and Danish crime drama The Bridge * Crime Scene *Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary ***** * Heat *A tense and smartly constructed narrative * Wall Street Journal *The story is exciting, the setting cleverly evoked, the translation excellent . . . Welcome to a new voice. * Literary Review *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Owl Always Hunts at Night
Book Synopsis'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday ExpressFrom the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling AloneNo one is safe in the dark...When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond.Trade ReviewTwo books into this stark but compelling series, Bjork’s trademark themes are the lethal intersection of technology with child abuse and misogyny. * The Sunday Times *Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money * Sunday Express *‘A unique, twisting, unsettling thriller that really epitomises the phrase 'page-turner'.’ * Irish News *Kruger is strongly reminiscent of Lisbeth Salander . . . this is an engrossingly labyrinthine novel, with enough offbeat and downright bizarre detail to keep us intrigued and guessing right up to a tense finale. * Crime Scene Magazine *FANTASTIC sequel from Samuel Bjørk! . . . This is quality suspense at its very best and in my opinion a literary masterpiece. A delight to read! * Bokelskere.no *
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Faber & Faber Pierced
Book SynopsisA Convicted Killer: Despite always maintaining his innocence, Tori Pulli, once a powerful player on Oslo''s underground crime scene, has been found guilty of murder. A Loose End: Scarred reporter, Henning Juul, is contacted by Pulli, who claims that if Henning can help clear his name he can give him details of who was responsible for the fire which killed his six-year-old son, Jonas. A Double Threat: Desperate to continue his own search for justice, Henning realises that the information Pulli promises is life threatening, to both of them and to others. As events take a deadly turn, Henning finds himself on the trail of two killers for whom the stakes have never been higher...
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Faber & Faber Burned Henning Juul 1
Book SynopsisA BRUTALISED VICTIM IN THE WILDSA solitary tent is found to contain the body of a half-buried woman. She''s been stoned to death. There are lash marks across her back. One of her hands has been cut off.A LONE VOICE Two years earlier internet reporter Henning Juul lost his son, Jonas, in a domestic fire. As he returns to work, physically and emotionally scarred, Henning struggles to escape this past and to be taken seriously again as a reporter - by his colleagues, his ex-wife and the police.A MYSTERY IGNITEDTold to cover the story of the woman in the tent, he finds an increasingly dangerous trail and, despite an early arrest, he is convinced that the story is more complex than the police think...
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Wolf: From the author of the Richard & Judy
Book Synopsis‘Written in Bjork’s habitual cool prose, it’s an absorbing, twisty novel’ Sunday Times'A chilling and ingenious tale of cat and mouse where the hunter doesn't realise that they have become the hunted' Yours Magazine‘Her name is Mia Kruger, and it is she who makes this superb story very special indeed. Genuinely gripping and with a wonderful heroine, it is sensational’ Daily Mail___It was one of Sweden's most notorious unsolved cases: two young boys abducted and murdered, their bodies brutally, artistically arranged.But eight years later, when two other boys are found in similar circumstances, it looks like the killer might be back - this time in neighbouring Norway.Led by veteran detective Holger Munch, the investigating police are baffled. There are no clues, no leads to follow. In desperation, Munch drafts in a trainee from the Police Academy, Mia Kruger, a young woman with an uncanny ability to see beyond the facts. Little does he know that Mia is battling her own demons and will soon find that her life and that of the case are entwined in ways no one could have imagined....From the internationally bestselling author of I'm Travelling Alone, comes another mesmerically chilling psychological tale of cat and mouse where the hunter may not know that they have become the hunted before it's too late...___Readers love Samuel Bjork:'Ingenious''Simply terrific''Intelligent and gripping''Perfect for Scandi-Noir lovers'
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Vintage Publishing The Son
Book Synopsis*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*''A tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo'' Sunday MirrorSonny''s on the run. Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates and absolves them of their sins. But then one prisoner''s confession changes everything. He''s been lied to his whole life. After learning the truth about his disgraced father, Sonny needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes. Sonny wants revenge, whatever the cost.''Excellent...an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption'' The TimesWatch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out nowTrade ReviewAn expertly plotted, compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride… Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers * Sunday Express *A cat-and-mouse chase between a young prisoner and a troubled detective, this is a tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo * Sunday Mirror *Nesbo never fails to deliver a cracking narrative – and this is one of his best * Mail on Sunday *An excellent novelist... Nesbo paints an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption within prison and the police service... The strong action is tempered by tenderness -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *Gripping from start to finish -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
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Vintage Publishing We The Drowned
Book SynopsisCarsten Jensen was born in 1952. He first made his name as a columnist and literary critic. As a journalist he has reported from many regions of conflict, including the Balkans and most recently, Afghanistan. His essays, novels and travel books have won numerous literary awards, including the coveted Golden Laurels and the Danish Bank Literary Prize. In 2010 he received the prestigious Olof Palme Prize, awarded for his contribution to the defence of human rights. We, the Drowned has sold more than 300,000 copies in Scandinavia alone and was voted best Danish novel of the past 25 years.Trade ReviewA magnificent addition to the canon of seafaring writing, a brilliant new reworking of the ancient theme...the pages glow with wonderfully imagined pictures... The language is all you could hope for in a sea novel: sinewy and simple, often surprisingly beautiful -- Vanora Bennett * The Times *Carsten Jensen is unquestionably one of the most exciting authors writing in Scandinavia today. I always look forward hugely to his books. He is, in my opinion, an utterly unique story-teller -- Henning MankellAn epic tale * Independent *A novel of immense authority and ambition and beauty, by a master storyteller at the height of his powers. This is a book to sail into, to explore, to get lost in, but it is also a book that brings the reader, dazzled by wonders, home to the heart from which great stories come. Meet Carsten Jensen halfway and you're spellbound -- Joseph O'ConnorImpressive... one of the more engrossing literary voyages of recent years... rich, powerful and rewarding * Financial Times *
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Quercus Publishing The Dinosaur Feather
Book SynopsisThe winner of the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade is a unique, deeply compelling crime novel that interweaves a murder investigation with the central mystery of the theory of evolution.Trade Review'A top-flight thriller - smart and outrageously entertaining' Christopher Fowler, Financial Times. * Financial Times *'Intelligently plotted and psychologically believable' The Times. * The Times *'Simply first class' Jyllands-Posten. * Jyllands-Posten *'Sissel-Jo Gazan has mastered the arts of suspense and revelation' Kristeligt Dagblad. * Kristeligt Dagblad *'Sissel-Jo Gazan's novel has by far outdone, not to say outshone, all other crime novels published this year' Politiken. * Politiken *
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Quercus Publishing The Arc of the Swallow
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to The Dinosaur Feather exposes a scandal in an addictive scientific thriller.Trade ReviewSissel-Jo Gazan has demonstrated that her acclaimed mystery, The Dinosaur Feather was no fluke . . . The author has an uncanny knack for quickly drawing a reader into the minds of her characters . . . The domestic intrigues of Marie and her relatives, and of Soren and Anna, prove as engrossing as the criminal conspiracies at hand. * Wall Street Journal *The Dinosaur Feather, Sissel-Jo Gazan's acclaimed debut, proved that scientific controversy could feature in crime fiction... This is a terrific novel, involving bitter rivalries among scientists. * Sunday Times *
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Verso Books Is Mother Dead
Book Synopsis**Longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2023**'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and back in Oslo after a long absence as she prepares for a retrospective of her art. The subject of her work is motherhood and some of her more controversial paintings have brought about a dramatic rift between parent and child. This new proximity, after decades of acrimonious absence, set both women on edge, and before too long Johanna finds her mother stalking her thoughts, and Johanna starts stalking her mother's house.Trade ReviewHjorth delivers a gripping tale of obsession about an artist and her frayed relationship with her family. [She] keenly walks the line between Johanna's concern and mania; as Johanna's hang-ups occasionally spin out of control, they remain true to the character. This accomplished novel is hard to shake. * Publishers Weekly, starred review *In Is Mother Dead, Hjorth returns to themes of family and estrangement. Johanna, a middle-aged artist, returns to Oslo for a retrospective of her work. She attempts to reconnect with her mother, but she doesn't pick up the phone. Johanna continues to call and text her, fixating on reaching her despite surfacing memories of an unhappy childhood. She continues to stalk her mother - hiding out in her mother's building, following her, and going through her trash - resulting in a memorable story of surveillance and psychological torment. -- Emily Firetog * Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *A darkly insightful examination of mother-daughter relationships that captivates with the suspense of a thriller. The novel's strength lies in its deft use of psychological analysis as it looks at this relationship through one lens after another. * Kirkus Reviews *Is Mother Dead is a Norwegian domestic thriller about the lengths to which people will go to dig up truths that others want to stay buried. * Foreword Reviews, Starred Review *Hjorth has written a fascinating tale about the Norwegian postal system and composed a best-selling work of autofiction...In her latest work to appear in English, an ex-pat artist returns to Norway to oversee a retrospective of her work and attempts to contact, and then stalks, her estranged mother * The Millions, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *Vigdis Hjorth is a major hero of mine. When my friend Sheila Heti told me to read A House in Norway, my life was changed. I've since recommended her work to so many people, who love it just as passionately. Hjorth has tapped into the novel in a way I have not seen or experienced since Woolf, Kafka, and Bernhard. -- Makenna Goodman, author of The ShameA master of familial estrangement and obsession, Hjorth tells the story of Johanna, an artist living abroad who returns to Oslo for a retrospective of her work. After initial attempts to get in touch with her estranged mother fail, she begins stalking her, hiding out in her building and rummaging through her trash. Hjorth's piercing writing captures the torment and mania that roils under the surface of most all of us. -- Lynn Steger Strong * Los Angeles Times *Beautiful in its ability to match effect with intention and in its descriptive powers. -- Declan O'Driscoll * Irish Times *Is Mother Dead overflows with contrasts in both its structure and its language. Some sections are stark and only a line or two long; other sentences are long and winding, helping to demonstrate the narrator's conflicted perspectives on art, family, and her own fraught relationship with her relatives. [An] immersive trip into the protagonist's mind - and the difficult decisions she has to reckon with. * Words Without Borders *Hjorth captures the minds inner dialogue...with almost nauseating precision. -- Emily Bootle * New Statesman *The realities of growing up with a mother who consumed you, who poured her insecurities into her young daughter, is an experience I have never before seen so ruthlessly examined. -- Billie Walker * Polyester Zine *Writing with a rush of anxious interiority beautifully reproduced by Barslund's translation, Hjorth spins out Joanna's hopes, fears, and half-suppressed memories in obsessive and propulsive run-on sentences, full of self-reflexive questions and crushing doubt...Is Mother Dead both pulls readers into Joanna's adventure and calls on them to become more alive to their own task, their arms stretching upward for the next rung. * Asymptote Journal *[A] harrowing and propulsive novel about the strained tether between daughters and mothers...lucidly translated by Charlotte Barslund. Hjorth deftly conveys the psychological warfare of familial conflict in circuitous, searching sentences. Fragments replicate the stab of betrayal, run-ons rummage for truth amid lies. -- Naomi Huffman * The New York Times Book Review *A thorough and anxious exploration of motherhood and childhood. -- Patrick Graney * Literary Review *Hjorth has masterfully written a family drama where no reunion takes place and a thriller where no blood is shed. -- Grace Kennedy * Ploughshares *[Is Mother Dead] feels liberating. In the struggle to break free...from our abusers and our own pain, there can be, in a hand as deft as Hjorth's, an energy both creative and destructive. -- Jessa Crispin * The Telegraph *A troubling and stunningly accomplished excavation into the past. -- Catherine Taylor * Financial Times *Hjorth traverses Johanna's emotional exile, the ruthless censorship within her family's stories, and the language of art, in which the narrator takes solace. * Astra Magazine *Bizarre yet totally mesmerising. -- Ellen Peirson-Hagger * i Newspaper *Both mother and daughter are paralysed - despite their attempts to slip the bonds of their relationship, neither can escape...This kind of 'merciless intimacy' is Hjorth's natural terrain. -- Eloise Hendy * Frieze *Is Mother Dead confirms Hjorth's place as an unparalleled chronicler of the fault lines in intimate relationships. -- Leslie Camhi * 4 Columns *Covering raw and prescient themes, Is Mother Dead is a rich but unsettling read. -- Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie * Lucy Writers Platform *Brilliantly claustrophobic, this novel is a testament to the fact that, when the present becomes the past, we are only left with our own version of what happened. -- Holly Connolly * AnOther *The Norwegian novelist Hjorth is something of a specialist in mordant, exacting depictions of familial estrangement; her latest novel, translated by Charlotte Barslund, recounts the increasingly obsessive efforts by a middle-aged painter to reunite with her mother, whom she has not spoken to for decades. * The New York Times *Boldly refusing to settle for a narrative of forgiveness, Is Mother Dead is an increasingly shocking, unsettling novel. -- Lucy Scholes * Prospect *Rich and insular. -- Samir Chadha * White Review, Best Books 2022 *An absorbing study of inner turmoil ... gripping. -- Susie Mesure * Guardian *Hjorth is an intoxicating writer who manages to somehow infuse her fictional wanderings with a strong underpinning of personal truths. We feel her presence always lurking beneath Johanna. And we understand how much still remains unsaid. -- Elaine Margolin * World Literature Today *A profound, uncomfortable and ultimately beautiful exploration of the first human relationship. -- Emily Barton * Times Literary Supplement *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Death Sentence
Book SynopsisA murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel, is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is something else entirely. . . Frank Føns is a very successful crime writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever, intriguing plot twist, has suddenly become a terrifying, blood-spattered reality.In the novel, a redhead who was scared of water is drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world, she has become an ex-girlfriend chained and left to die at the bottom of the harbour. A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks' fiction and using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective.In fiction, the bad guy always gets caught, but in real life there is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life and death.
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Random House The Waters Edge
Book SynopsisA couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine''s horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case.Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken.Is there a killer within their midst?Trade ReviewIf you're in search of an antidote to the in-your-face energy of American crime fiction, this quiet, slender, bracingly bleak tale could well be it * The Sunday Times *As a portrait of a community possessed by suspicion, The Water's Edge can scarcely be bettered * Independent *It's heart-rending, sometimes cold, forensic writing; she pushes you into tight, uncomfortable corners. She's good * Scotsman *It's difficult to out-creep Karin Fossum * Time Out *An exceptionally fine story, Fossum's real narrative appeal rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul * New York Times *
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Faber & Faber Scarred Henning Juul 3
Book SynopsisFor fans of Borgen, The Killing and the Wallander series, a thrilling novel of murder and political scandal in Oslo.An elderly woman is found dead in a nursing home. Bjarne Brogeland, who heads up the investigation, soon realises that they are on the trail of a meticulous killer who has developed a keen taste for revenge. A killer who has only just begun...Trine Juul-Osmundsen, Norway''s Secretary of State and Henning Juul''s sister, is accused of sexually harassing a young male politician. As the allegations cause a media frenzy, Trine receives an anonymous threat telling her to resign. If she doesn''t, the truth about what she really did that night will be revealed.Scarred reporter Henning Juul, finds himself torn between the two high profile cases. He wants to help his estranged sister, but as he digs into their past, he discovers memories that haunt them both. Memories of a broken home. Memories of a dead father.As the
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Norvik Press Some Would Call This Living: An Anthology
Book SynopsisHerman Bang (1857-1912) was a sharp-witted observer of the society and manners of his age; with an eye for telling details, he could at one moment mercilessly puncture hypocrisy and arrogance, at the next invoke indignant sympathy for the outcasts and failures of a ruthlessly competitive world. In his novels and especially in his short stories he often takes as his protagonist an unremarkable character who might be dismissed by a casual observer as uninteresting: a failed ballet dancer who scrapes a living as a peripatetic dance teacher in outlying villages ('Irene Holm'), or a lodging-house-keeper's daughter who toils from dawn to dusk to make ends meet ('Froken Caja'). He can also make wicked fun of pretensions and plots, as in 'The Ravens', where the family of the aging Froken Sejer are scheming to have her declared incapable, whilst she is selling off her valuables behind their backs to cheat them of their inheritance. His wide-ranging journalism has many targets, alerting readers to the wretched poverty hidden just a few steps from the thriving city shops or the ineptitude of Europe's ruling houses - as well as celebrating the innovations of the modern age, such as the automobile or the department store. Bang was well known throughout Europe in his lifetime, especially in Germany, where his works were translated early. In the English-speaking world he has had little impact, partly no doubt because of his homosexuality. Even now, only a couple of his novels have been translated. This volume is an attempt to remedy this lack by introducing a broad selection of his short stories and journalism to a new public.
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Vintage Publishing Bad Intentions
Book SynopsisEarly one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return. When the body of the third friend is discovered, Inspector Sejer is put in charge of the investigation. He is troubled by the apparent suicide and has an overwhelming sense that the surviving pair has something to hide. Weeks pass without further clues and then, in a nearby lake, the body of another teenage boy floats to the surface...Trade ReviewA terrific crime novel that explores culpability, peer group pressure, betrayal and paranoia. Fossum’s prose style, translated by Charlotte Barslund, is crisp and clear, with not a word wasted. * Reading Matters *I not only enjoyed it but admired it, too. I also found it playing in my head for a long time afterwards, the effect on the reader every writer surely longs for -- Lesley McDowell * Sunday Herald *The seventh Inspector Sejer novel from Norway's leading female crime writer is, like its predecessors, a gem -- Laura Wilson * Guardian *This is a battle of wits, conducted with chilly intensity and an unsettling sense of menace -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times *Few match her ability to conjure an atmosphere of emotional as well as geographical desolation -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
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Random House Black Seconds
Book SynopsisNine-year-old Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off to buy sweets. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, her mother, Helga, starts to worry. She phones the shop and various friends, but no one has seen her daughter. As the family being to search for Ida, Helga''s worst nightmare becomes reality.As the police are called in, hundreds of volunteers comb the neighbourhood, but there are no traces of the little girl, or her bike. As the relatives reach breaking point and the media frenzy begins, Inspector Sejer struggles to remains calm and reassuring. But usually missing children are found within forty-eight hours. Ida seems to have vanished without a trace.Trade ReviewThere is no room for debate: the most important female writer of foreign crime fiction at work today is the Norwegian Karin Fossum * Rough Guide to Crime Fiction *Possibly the most popular foreign crime writer in translation, the Norgwegian Karin Fossum is an intelligent author who delivers more than a smart plot by way of psychological insight and clear-eyed characterisation * Daily Mail *Fossum is frequently compared to Ruth Rendell, but Black Seconds is much more reminiscent of the psychological thrillers of Patricia Highsmith. Fossum is a clever writer; this is her most cunning tale yet * Daily Express *
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Vintage Publishing The Son Jo Nesbo
Book Synopsis*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*''A tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo'' Sunday MirrorSonny''s on the run. Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates and absolves them of their sins. But then one prisoner''s confession changes everything. He''s been lied to his whole life. After learning the truth about his disgraced father, Sonny needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes. Sonny wants revenge, whatever the cost.''Excellent...an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption'' The TimesWatch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out nowTrade ReviewAn expertly plotted, compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride… Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers * Sunday Express *A cat-and-mouse chase between a young prisoner and a troubled detective, this is a tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo * Sunday Mirror *Nesbo never fails to deliver a cracking narrative – and this is one of his best * Mail on Sunday *An excellent novelist... Nesbo paints an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption within prison and the police service... The strong action is tempered by tenderness -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *Gripping from start to finish -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
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Quercus Publishing Fatal Crossing
Book Synopsis"A fast-paced and skilfully plotted thriller" BARRY FORSHAWWhen a picture of two Danish girls who disappeared on a boat bound for England in 1985 emerges many years later in an old suitcase from a British second-hand dealer, the journalist Nora Sand's professional curiosity is immediately awakened.Before she knows it, she is mixed up in the case of a serial killer serving a life sentence in a notorious prison. The quest to discover the truth about the missing girls may be more dangerous that she had ever imagined... Fatal Crossing is inspired by a real incident, in some photos of unknown girls, taken at Copenhagen Central Station, appeared in the possession of an American serial killer. Journalist and author Lone Theils was fascinated by the case, and set to work on her debut novel.Translated from the Danish from Charlotte BarslundTrade Review'A fast-paced and skilfully plotted thriller' Barry Forshaw; 'A candidate for the best crime novel of the year 2015' Krimicirklen
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Random House Calling out for You
Book SynopsisGunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister''s bedside. The local taxi driver sent instead to meet the bride at the airport returns without her. Then the town is shocked by the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby meadow. Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre head the murder inquiry, cross-examining the townsfolk and planting seeds of suspicion in a community which has always believed itself to be simple, safe and trusting. For what can only have been an unpremeditated and motiveless act of violence, everyone is guilty until proven innocent.Trade Review'One of the very best of the new wave of Nordic crime writers' Marcel Berlins, Times'Fossum's elucidation of the criminally degenerate mind is first rate' Mail on SundayInspector Konrad Sejer is the Morse of the fjords * Crime Time *'Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill' Observer'One of the very best of the new wave of Nordic crime writers...She evokes brilliantly the claustrophobia of small-town Norway' The Times
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Boy in the Headlights From the author of the
Book Synopsis''Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money'' Sunday Express''Intelligent and gripping'' The Times___Mindless killer? Or do they know exactly what they''re doing?Winter 1996. An old man is driving home when his headlights catch an animal on the empty road up ahead. He stamps hard on the brakes. But it is not an animal at all. It is a young boy, frightened and alone, with a set of deer antlers strapped firmly to his head.Fourteen years later, a body is found in a mountain lake. Within weeks, three people have died. Each time, the killer has left a clue, inviting Special Investigations Detectives Munch and Krüger to play a deadly game - a game they cannot possibly win. Against the most dangerous and terrifying kind of serial killer. One who chooses their victims completely at random.To find the killer they must look deep within their own dark pasts, but how can you stop a murderer when you cannot begin to predict thei
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Wolf: From the author of the Richard & Judy
Book Synopsis‘Written in Bjork’s habitual cool prose, it’s an absorbing, twisty novel’ Sunday Times'A chilling and ingenious tale of cat and mouse where the hunter doesn't realise that they have become the hunted' Yours Magazine‘Her name is Mia Kruger, and it is she who makes this superb story very special indeed. Genuinely gripping and with a wonderful heroine, it is sensational’ Daily Mail___It was one of Sweden's most notorious unsolved cases: two young boys abducted and murdered, their bodies brutally, artistically arranged.But eight years later, when two other boys are found in similar circumstances, it looks like the killer might be back - this time in neighbouring Norway.Led by veteran detective Holger Munch, the investigating police are baffled. There are no clues, no leads to follow. In desperation, Munch drafts in a trainee from the Police Academy, Mia Kruger, a young woman with an uncanny ability to see beyond the facts. Little does he know that Mia is battling her own demons and will soon find that her life and that of the case are entwined in ways no one could have imagined....From the internationally bestselling author of I'm Travelling Alone, comes another mesmerically chilling psychological tale of cat and mouse where the hunter may not know that they have become the hunted before it's too late...___Readers love Samuel Bjork:'Ingenious''Simply terrific''Intelligent and gripping''Perfect for Scandi-Noir lovers'
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Quercus Publishing Retribution
Book SynopsisOn a warm Autumn afternoon, Tivoli Gardens - Denmark's largest amusement park - is devastated by a terrorist attack. 1,241 people are killed. The unknown bomber is blown to bits; the security forces have no leads. One year later, the nation is still reeling, and those behind the attack are still at large. Amidst the increasingly frustrated police force, Superintendent Lene Jensen is suffering the effects of tragedy closer to home. Everyone is aware the terrorists may soon strike again. Then Lene receives a strange call. A young desperate Muslim woman needs her help, but by the time Lene reaches her she's already dead - supposedly suicide. Already suspicious, Lene's initial investigations suggest that the woman was unknowingly part of a secret services research project. Silenced by her superiors, Lene turns to her old ally Michael Sander to dig deeper. But with even her allies increasingly adamant her actions are a risk to national security, Lene begins to understand that finding the truth might be the most dangerous thing of all.Trade ReviewExceptionally good . . . Sublime plotting, superb characterization, a nod to the sociopolitical climate and a real sense of location all knitted together in a truly gripping thriller - Raven Crime Reads
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Verso Books Is Mother Dead
Book Synopsis'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and back in Oslo after a long absence as she prepares for a retrospective of her art. The subject of her work is motherhood and some of her more controversial paintings have brought about a dramatic rift between parent and child. This new proximity, after decades of acrimonious absence, set both women on edge, and before too long Johanna finds her mother stalking her thoughts, and Johanna starts stalking her mother's house.Trade ReviewHjorth delivers a gripping tale of obsession about an artist and her frayed relationship with her family. [She] keenly walks the line between Johanna's concern and mania; as Johanna's hang-ups occasionally spin out of control, they remain true to the character. This accomplished novel is hard to shake. * Publishers Weekly, starred review *In Is Mother Dead, Hjorth returns to themes of family and estrangement. Johanna, a middle-aged artist, returns to Oslo for a retrospective of her work. She attempts to reconnect with her mother, but she doesn't pick up the phone. Johanna continues to call and text her, fixating on reaching her despite surfacing memories of an unhappy childhood. She continues to stalk her mother - hiding out in her mother's building, following her, and going through her trash - resulting in a memorable story of surveillance and psychological torment. -- Emily Firetog * Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *A darkly insightful examination of mother-daughter relationships that captivates with the suspense of a thriller. The novel's strength lies in its deft use of psychological analysis as it looks at this relationship through one lens after another. * Kirkus Reviews *Is Mother Dead is a Norwegian domestic thriller about the lengths to which people will go to dig up truths that others want to stay buried. * Foreword Reviews, Starred Review *Hjorth has written a fascinating tale about the Norwegian postal system and composed a best-selling work of autofiction...In her latest work to appear in English, an ex-pat artist returns to Norway to oversee a retrospective of her work and attempts to contact, and then stalks, her estranged mother * The Millions, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *Vigdis Hjorth is a major hero of mine. When my friend Sheila Heti told me to read A House in Norway, my life was changed. I've since recommended her work to so many people, who love it just as passionately. Hjorth has tapped into the novel in a way I have not seen or experienced since Woolf, Kafka, and Bernhard. -- Makenna Goodman, author of The ShameA master of familial estrangement and obsession, Hjorth tells the story of Johanna, an artist living abroad who returns to Oslo for a retrospective of her work. After initial attempts to get in touch with her estranged mother fail, she begins stalking her, hiding out in her building and rummaging through her trash. Hjorth's piercing writing captures the torment and mania that roils under the surface of most all of us. -- Lynn Steger Strong * Los Angeles Times *Beautiful in its ability to match effect with intention and in its descriptive powers. -- Declan O'Driscoll * Irish Times *Is Mother Dead overflows with contrasts in both its structure and its language. Some sections are stark and only a line or two long; other sentences are long and winding, helping to demonstrate the narrator's conflicted perspectives on art, family, and her own fraught relationship with her relatives. [An] immersive trip into the protagonist's mind - and the difficult decisions she has to reckon with. * Words Without Borders *Hjorth captures the minds inner dialogue...with almost nauseating precision. -- Emily Bootle * New Statesman *The realities of growing up with a mother who consumed you, who poured her insecurities into her young daughter, is an experience I have never before seen so ruthlessly examined. -- Billie Walker * Polyester Zine *Writing with a rush of anxious interiority beautifully reproduced by Barslund's translation, Hjorth spins out Joanna's hopes, fears, and half-suppressed memories in obsessive and propulsive run-on sentences, full of self-reflexive questions and crushing doubt...Is Mother Dead both pulls readers into Joanna's adventure and calls on them to become more alive to their own task, their arms stretching upward for the next rung. * Asymptote Journal *[A] harrowing and propulsive novel about the strained tether between daughters and mothers...lucidly translated by Charlotte Barslund. Hjorth deftly conveys the psychological warfare of familial conflict in circuitous, searching sentences. Fragments replicate the stab of betrayal, run-ons rummage for truth amid lies. -- Naomi Huffman * The New York Times Book Review *A thorough and anxious exploration of motherhood and childhood. -- Patrick Graney * Literary Review *Hjorth has masterfully written a family drama where no reunion takes place and a thriller where no blood is shed. -- Grace Kennedy * Ploughshares *[Is Mother Dead] feels liberating. In the struggle to break free...from our abusers and our own pain, there can be, in a hand as deft as Hjorth's, an energy both creative and destructive. -- Jessa Crispin * The Telegraph *A troubling and stunningly accomplished excavation into the past. -- Catherine Taylor * Financial Times *Hjorth traverses Johanna's emotional exile, the ruthless censorship within her family's stories, and the language of art, in which the narrator takes solace. * Astra Magazine *Bizarre yet totally mesmerising. -- Ellen Peirson-Hagger * i Newspaper *Both mother and daughter are paralysed - despite their attempts to slip the bonds of their relationship, neither can escape...This kind of 'merciless intimacy' is Hjorth's natural terrain. -- Eloise Hendy * Frieze *Is Mother Dead confirms Hjorth's place as an unparalleled chronicler of the fault lines in intimate relationships. -- Leslie Camhi * 4 Columns *Covering raw and prescient themes, Is Mother Dead is a rich but unsettling read. -- Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie * Lucy Writers Platform *Brilliantly claustrophobic, this novel is a testament to the fact that, when the present becomes the past, we are only left with our own version of what happened. -- Holly Connolly * AnOther *The Norwegian novelist Hjorth is something of a specialist in mordant, exacting depictions of familial estrangement; her latest novel, translated by Charlotte Barslund, recounts the increasingly obsessive efforts by a middle-aged painter to reunite with her mother, whom she has not spoken to for decades. * The New York Times *Boldly refusing to settle for a narrative of forgiveness, Is Mother Dead is an increasingly shocking, unsettling novel. -- Lucy Scholes * Prospect *Rich and insular. -- Samir Chadha * White Review, Best Books 2022 *An absorbing study of inner turmoil ... gripping. -- Susie Mesure * Guardian *Hjorth is an intoxicating writer who manages to somehow infuse her fictional wanderings with a strong underpinning of personal truths. We feel her presence always lurking beneath Johanna. And we understand how much still remains unsaid. -- Elaine Margolin * World Literature Today *A profound, uncomfortable and ultimately beautiful exploration of the first human relationship. -- Emily Barton * Times Literary Supplement *
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Text Publishing The Girl Without Skin
Book SynopsisA brutal thriller from a new master in ice-cold arctic crime, Combining Inuit folklore, arctic politics, Viking history and a haunting mystery.
£10.44
Blackstone Publishing Will and Testament
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Pushkin Children's Books Wildwitch 2: Oblivion
Book SynopsisBarely recovered from her escapades of the previous year, Clara is just getting used to her new wildwitch identity, as well as to her mysterious new companion, Cat, when she is thrust into a new adventure. First, Clara's friend Shanaia is found badly injured, then Clara's best friend Oscar goes missing - kidnapped. With no one to help her, Clara must journey on the Wildways to the windswept clifftop dwelling of Westmark. Here she will have to draw on her wildwitch powers, and discover new reserves of inner strength, as she once again faces her enemy, Chimera.Trade ReviewIt's amusingly Scandinavian... and it's an engaging take on the genre Spectator More than a touch of the Harry Potters about it Tony's Reading List (blog) Kaaberbool weaves an engaging and clever story combining fantasy with the natural world Outside in World
£7.99
Pushkin Children's Books Wildwitch 4: Bloodling
Book SynopsisAs Clara turns thirteen she must complete a daunting challenge in order to become a fully-fledged wildwitch, but a series of frightening attacks on her family are distracting her from the crucial task ahead of her. Clara searches for the source of the danger and finds herself drawn further and further into the mystery, towards a deadly battle with Bravita Bloodling that will leave her changed for ever.Trade ReviewQuick-fire fantasy Telegraph, Best Children's Books of 2016 Dark secrets and eerie happenings make for a marvellous and memorable read The Bay One of the freshest I've read in a long time... Eagerly awaited by my Carbonel-loving daughter Bookseller Classic fantasy adventure... a thrilling story, well told... Young readers will be delighted to hear that there are more adventures to come for Clara. Lovereading If you have a little one who enjoys adventurous stories, this might just be a series for them to discover Tony's Reading List (blog)
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Blackstone Publishing Will and Testament
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£22.46
Pushkin Children's Books Wildwitch 1: Wildfire
Book SynopsisClara is a normal 12-year-old girl, until a scary encounter with an unusually large black cat changes her life for ever. With the help of her Aunt Isa, she is introduced to her astounding true nature: as a Wildwitch, she can learn to communicate with animals, and harness the magical power of the natural world around her. But before Clara can get to grips with her newfound abilities, she is confronted with a powerful enemy. Her experiences force her to grow up faster than she had expected, and she learns that, in the wild world, she will have to learn to fight as well as flee. 'One of the freshest I've read in a long time... Eagerly awaited by my Carbonel-loving daughter' Bookseller Award winning and highly acclaimed writer of fantasy, Lene Kaaberbøl was born in 1960, grew up in the Danish countryside and had her first book published at the age of 15. Since then she has written more than 30 books for children and young adults. Lene's huge international breakthrough came with The Shamer Chronicles, which is published in more than 25 countries selling over a million copies worldwide.Trade ReviewAn engaging take on the genre Spectator One of the freshest I've read in a long time... Eagerly awaited by my Carbonel-loving daughter Bookseller Classic fantasy adventure... a thrilling story, well told... Young readers will be delighted to hear that there are more adventures to come for Clara. Lovereading A stunning and wonderful short novel for kids! Guardian Children's Books Magic, intrigue, and just enough mystery to keep her readers interested until the last page... the ending comes far too soon... it will leave you anticipating the next book in the series Jamee's Bookshelf Clara is a believable heroine who will win the support of young readers... well crafted and well handled Books for Keeps If you have a little one who enjoys adventurous stories, this might just be a series for them to discover Tony's Reading List (blog) A magical adventure... Kaaberbol weaves an engaging story combining fantasy with the natural world Outside in World
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