Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime · Paperback

San Sebastian blues

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Author Alex drifts around in Oslo's underworld. In his past is a failed relationship, and he has a young daughter who has become like a stranger to him. He should write a new novel, but lacks material and inspiration. Then one day he gets a visit from Vidar, a childhood friend turned criminal, who offers Alex fifty thousand in exchange for the address of a porn star in Copenhagen.

Vidar disappears without a trace after allegedly killing the brother of one of Oslo's drug lords. The last sign of life from Vidar comes from the Basque city of San Sebastian in northern Spain. Alex starts looking for the truth, but in the search for the truth about Vidar Skeie, nicknamed El Buitre (The Vulture), Alex comes face to face with himself.