Mystery and Crime · Hardback

The Third Angel

Norwegian title: Den tredje engelen

KRIPOS investigator Skarphedin Olsen has moved to Røros and become the town's police chief. Then a macabre discovery is made: a human arm is sticking out of an anthill. The arm is examined by pathologists, while it turns out no one has been reported missing or involved in an accident. The mystery attracts major attention as it gradually emerges that the arm belongs to a very prominent person.

"Once again, the author proves he is among our finest crime writers. The author is just as enigmatic, sending chills straight down your spine (...) a reading experience truly out of the ordinary, a page-turner brimming with boundless suspense. This is truly a crime novel you should read."Randaberg 24

"(...) a novel with room for the mystical, the imaginative, and the enigmatic (...) A crime story bearing the true Nygårdshaug trademark (...) This is a piece of authentic Drum, so sharp and varied that no one else carries on this exact form with this formula."Hamar Arbeiderblad

"Entertaining and thrilling crime fiction (...) Nygårdshaug writes crime novels unlike anything else"Stavanger Aftenblad

"Skarphedin Olsen is fascinating, and the story is captivating. Nygårdshaug has his own distinct style, and the plot is constructed with many small detours that constantly pull the reader into the world of gastronomy(...) Nygårdshaug is so thorough that once you get a taste for it, this becomes a delightful spice on the way to a surprising conclusion and solution."Trønder-Avisa

"This is book number 13 in a delightful and utterly unique crime series (...) a well-written and elegant book."Adresseavisen

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