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THE MYSTERIOUS OBERON QVIST
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018

THE MYSTERIOUS OBERON QVIST

Knut Nærum

Oberon Qvist, known from Knut Nærum's critically acclaimed crime novels Boat of the Dead and Voodoo on the West Side, solves nine mysteries. In the tenth it seems he is the murderer. In classic fair-play tradition, all clues are put on the table so that the observant reader can find the explanation themselves. Oberon Qvist is a long love letter to the golden age of classic crime.

The Water´s Edge
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Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 240 pp

The Water´s Edge

Karin Fossum

A middle-aged couple out walking in the woods discover the body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine´s horror her husband, Reinhardt, begins to take photographs of the body 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, nor can he uncover the identity of the agitated man that the couple saw moments before their discovery. Then a second boy goes missing and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken. This is the eighth book about Inspector Sejer.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 TIMESIf 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.SUNDAY TIMESTaut, tense...The Water´s Edge can scarcely be better.INDEPENDANT

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Coffin Number Five
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 208 pp

Coffin Number Five

Gert Nygårdshaug

For six months following the brutal murder of his wife and daughter, Kripos investigator Skarphedin Olsen has believed he was his grandfather, Fredric Drum. Olsen has hallucinated about bog bodies, hunter dolls, giant moving statues, ancient written languages, and exquisite sauces. Now, he is 'cured.' When a headless corpse turns up in a doghouse on Oslo's west side, it quickly becomes clear that the special investigator will need all his resources as a declared healthy man. Because soon, another headless body appears. But so does Fredric Drum...

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Lilies from Jerusalem
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 256 pp

Lilies from Jerusalem

Gert Nygårdshaug

By the Dead Sea in Israel, a young Palestinian boy receives a very unwelcome visit. A car bomb explodes in a street in Oslo. Detective Skarphedin Olsen suddenly finds himself in the middle of a case that also involves a missing elderly man in the Old Town, an empty apartment with a pool of congealed blood on the floor, and cryptic books on alchemy. The investigator turns to his nephew, Fredric Drum, for help, drawing us into a fast-paced, fascinating crime mystery. The threads are relentlessly woven together toward a logical and highly surprising conclusion

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The Red Zone
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 336 pp

The Red Zone

Gert Nygårdshaug

A Norwegian representative of the Rainforest Foundation is found headless in Tanjung, New Guinea. And before long, the body of the Norwegian investigator sent to solve the murder also turns up—headless as well. Skarphedin Olsen is next in line. He persuades his nephew, Fredric Drum, to join him in Tanjung, a nightmare of humid heat, lawlessness, and poverty.

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Don´t Look Back
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2018 · 272 pp

Don´t Look Back

Karin Fossum

At the foot of the Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children play unafraid in the streets. But tranquillity is irrecoverably shattered when a young woman´s naked body is found by the lake during the search for another missing girl. Inspector Sejer - smart, tough and enigmatic - is called to investigate. Only he can uncover the dark secrets of this quiet community, hidden by deep family ties. This is the second book in the series about Inspector Sejer.Don´t Look Back shows how well Fossum deserves her continental fameSUNDAY TIMESEnds with such a blow to the stomach that most readers will wish they had failed to understand the appalling outcome to this apparently routine investigation. SCOTSMANAn engaging, atmospheric thriller.DAILY MAIL

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The Ninth Principle
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2017 · 240 pp

The Ninth Principle

Gert Nygårdshaug

Fredric Drum is in Egypt. For seemingly no reason at all, he is entangled in a mystery that threatens to drive him out of his mind. It becomes a life-and-death drama revolving around ancient history, the Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu), mummies, and inexplicable murders. A classic Nygårdshaug novel, packed with mystery, exotic lore, and suspense until the very last page.

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The Codex of Death
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2017 · 224 pp

The Codex of Death

Gert Nygårdshaug

Gert Nygårdshaug's food- and wine-loving hero, Fredric Drum, finds himself in Italy this time around. Commissioned by the University of Rome, he is tasked with deciphering an ancient Greek text. But suddenly he is entangled in a life-and-death drama whose ingredients include ancient philosophy, the Dark Ages, and a cynical, invisible killer who leaves his victims with no signs of external trauma. A quintessential Nygårdshaug novel, packed with mystery, exotic lore, and suspense from the first page to the last

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The Honey Jar
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2017 · 208 pp

The Honey Jar

Gert Nygårdshaug

Fredric Drum is in Saint-Émilion, one of France’s most traditional wine regions, to source wine for the small Oslo restaurant he co-owns. Inadvertently, he is drawn into a disappearance mystery—seven local residents have vanished, likely murdered, over the past few months. And there is strong evidence suggesting Fredric may become the eighth victim. The Honey Jar is the first book in Gert Nygårdshaug's ten-volume series featuring gastronome and amateur archaeologist Fredric Drum and criminal investigator Skarphedin Olsen. «... a magnificent crime novel so captivating that it is a pure delight.»VG "(…) he has succeeded, and with flying colors, in weaving his knowledge and imaginative ideas into a tight, logical, and above all thrilling and original plot."Dagbladet "(…) Gert Nygårdshaug laces the novel with colorful backdrops in the form of in-depth wine knowledge, culinary subtleties, and otherwise eccentric expertise of various kinds (…) It is likely precisely this exotic touch that makes The Honey Jar so charming and elegant."Fremover "The book belongs to that category where you open it, start reading, and don't close it until the last page has been turned (…) The premise and content are original."Hamar Arbeiderblad "With a sure and steady pen, author Gert Nygårdshaug manages to create both atmosphere and, above all, suspense; and in his debut as a crime writer, he makes a solid impression."Fremtiden

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The Hunter's Doll
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2017 · 240 pp

The Hunter's Doll

Gert Nygårdshaug

A sensational archaeological discovery has been made in a remote mountain valley in Nord-Østerdal: two so-called bog bodies have been unearthed, along with several artifacts bearing strange inscriptions. Wine connoisseur and deciphering expert Fredric Drum is called in and suddenly finds himself at the center of mysterious events. Suspense builds around the appearance of an ancient hunter's amulet: a doll. Gert Nygårdshaug draws the reader into a world where trout fishing, magnificent nature, archaeology, and myths merge into a highly topical drama.

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Hellfire
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2015 · 256 pp

Hellfire

Karin Fossum

Inspector Konrad Sejer is called to investigate the double murder of a mother and her young son. They have been found, knifed repeatedly, in a worn-out caravan on a remote piece of land. A bloody footprint is discovered. Meanwhile, another mother, dying of cancer, confesses to her 21-year-old son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, whom the boy has become obsessed by, is not his real father.Delving deep into the vagaries of family and why we lie, Fossum expertly intertwines their stories, forcing us to question what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes. This is the twelft book about Inspector Sejer. Hellfire is one of Karin Fossum’s best crime stories. … In her writing, Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which living people struggle to make sense of life. She does it with a subdued tone and an unwavering dedication to her characters. … In Helvetesilden, the story approaches a point which is heartbreaking rather than thrilling. This novel shows that Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer.DAGSAVISEN Here she delivers what must be one of her most penetrating and moving novels. An author at the height of her creative ability. … The composition is almost a stroke of genius in itself, as for a long time we are at a complete loss as to how Fossum intends to fuse the parallel storylines. … The way she does it demonstrates both her mastery of her trade and her formidable ability to portray tormented minds without diminishing them through inconsequential platitudes about insanity and other dissociative diagnoses.AFTENPOSTEN The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best – the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday.DAGBLADET Karin Fossum is the most literary of the Norwegian crime writers ... The novel is skilfully composed, and several of the characters from Hellfire will remain with the reader long after the final page has been turned.ADRESSEAVISEN

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The Drowned Boy
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2014 · 224 pp

The Drowned Boy

Karin Fossum

"He´d just learned to walk" she said. "He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone." A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene, as there is something troubling about the mother´s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get the truth. This is the eleventh book about Inspector Sejer. Fossum´s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date. IRISH TIMES Karin Fossums minimalist police procedurals have a stealthy way of mutating into richer, if also darker, psychological studies of criminals and their victims.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate.GUARDIAN

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