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I can see in the dark
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2012 · 224 pp

I can see in the dark

Karin Fossum

Riktor doesn´t ask the policeman why he has stormed into his house without knocking - he´s certain that someone has finally realised what happened that day. As the policeman questions him, however, Riktor realises that he´s being accused of something completely unexpected - something he has nothing to do with. But can Riktor convince the policeman that he´s innocent of one wrongdoing without revealing that he´s guilty of another, far more terrible, crime? The storytelling is outstanding...Dark, brilliant and guaranteed to leave you feeling queasy.CRIMEFICTIONLOVER Fossum´s elucidation of the criminally degenerate mind is first-rate.DAILY MAIL A superb writer of psychological suspense.NEW YORK TIMES Fossum writes humane thrillers, which perturb and chill.OBSERVER

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The Catalyst Murder
Mystery and Crime2012 · 352 pp

The Catalyst Murder

Hans Olav Lahlum

This is the third volume in the crime fiction series featuring K2 and Patricia: it takes place in Oslo and in the mountainous region of Valdres during August 1970. In Oslo, K2 witnesses a young woman desperately trying to catch a tram, but the doors slam shut in front of her face – the next time he sees her, she is dead. Killed by a shot, she is found between the tram tracks. A new test case for K2’s mental powers. The affair started two years earlier, when a group of politically active young people set out on a bothy walking tour in Valdres. One of them, the charismatic leader Falko Reinhardt, disappears during the night before 3 August. Now, K2’s murder victim turns out to have been Reinhardt’s girlfriend. It doesn’t take K2 long to realise that to solve the present-day murder he must go back in time, maybe further than just 1968. Once more, only Patricia can help him, but he fails to notice that she has her own problems to fight... ‘Lahlum in top form.’ VG ‘The historian Hans Olav Lahlum’s third crime novel is so thrilling it is impossible to put down.’ Fædrelandsvennen ‘Katalysatormordet is so entertaining and cleverly plotted that I will be happy to read 15 more books in this series.’ Dagbladet ‘All of the books in the series are very well-written and excellent. Katalysatormordet is perhaps the best one of them all.’ Telemarksavisa'Another highly political book, written as a traditional whodunnit, is The Catalyst Killing by Hans Olav Lahlum. This time we’re in Oslo in 1970, where a young woman is murdered at a train station. She turns out to be the fiancee and comrade of the charismatic leader of a breakaway communist group. He disappeared two years earlier, in a puzzle that has never been solved. Inspector Kristiansen, secretly mentored as ever by a housebound young genius, finds it unimaginable that the two cases aren’t linked. But why has Marie been killed now? Lahlum gives us a sympathetic look at the world of political sects and a satisfying mystery set in a time when the authorities all over western Europe lived in daily dread of red revolution.'MORNING STAR

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Operation Helena
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2012 · 304 pp

Operation Helena

Johnny Brenna / Sigbjørn Mostue

The killing of a police informer by torpedoes brings about the collapse of a prestigious heroin operation being run by Oslo police’s Special Operations Section (SO). The newly-appointed detective Axel Th.Munthe and his partner Tobben are left stranded. Shortly afterwards, fifteen-year-old Caroline Fredrikke Walters, daughter of a wealthy investor, is brutally kidnapped and raped. Instead of picking up the threads of the heroin case, the department’s resources are channelled into finding the girl before it is too late. The case brings Axel into contact with the darkest sides of Norwegian society, where international crime syndicates are are already spreading their tentacles. It makes for a tough introduction to the world of human depravity, but there is light in the form of Noor, a woman Axel feels may be the right one for him. ‘Sigbjørn Mostue and Jonny Brenna have joined forces and written a disturbing thriller set in the criminal world in the capital.’ Oppland Arbeiderblad ‘Sigbjørn Mostue and Johnny Brenna impress with a well-constructed plot and a wealth of detail in their first work of crime fiction. (...) Dense, realistic tale of investigating crime in Oslo’s underworld.’ Dagbladet ‘Operasjon Helena is fantastic. So well written and so exciting I almost stopped breathing!’ Liv Gade, Bokinspirator‘Narcotics, organised crime, mutilation, honey traps; all feature in an ice-cold overview of the everyday reality of police work in Oslo that is the starting point for an action-driven and quite cynical narrative.’ VG ‘A successful debut!’ Kulturspeilet ‘The plot in Operasjon Helena and the account of the on-going police work are the most realistic seen in Norwegian crime fiction for a long time. And it feels good to be able to welcome a protagonist who doesn’t struggle with alcohol problems and who likes being a team player together with his police colleagues.’ Trønder-Avisa

Triangle
Mystery and Crime2012 · 448 pp

Triangle

Eystein Hanssen

DI Elli Rathke is on vacation and, at last, has time and opportunity to investigate the murder of her sister, which took place 15 years earlier. The murderer was never caught. At the same time, the Oslo police and especially Elli's partner Jan Nereng have to deal with several drug-related killings. As Elli digs deeper into the case of her sister's murder, ever more insidious similarities to Nereng's findings turn up. Fast-moving crime fiction at its best, with the toughest lady in Oslo in the lead!This is the third book in the Elli-series. ‘Eystein Hanssen is getting better at writing crime fiction all the time. Judging by his work so far, his greatest strength is his skill in devising complex plot lines, rich in detail. He provides clues step by step, in a way that makes the narrative seem both realistic and exciting.’ DAGBLADET‘Hanssen does not just create a very competent plot, but is also a dab hand at writing action sequences that are physically affecting and carry an emotional charge.’AFTENPOSTEN ‘Eystein Hanssen has quickly established himself as one of Norway’s leading writers of crime fiction. His careful research lends credence and realism to the fast-moving action. The constant tension makes the reader keep turning the pages. Apparently straightforward circumstances can be critically important clues. “Everything is connected,” as Nereng is fond of saying. Hanssen is very good at describing rough action and his episodic storytelling makes his books ask to be filmed.’ OPPLAND ARBEIDERBLAD ‘Strong and thrilling drama … Hanssen has a praiseworthy talent for creating and developing intricate, wide-ranging storylines. They are both credible and exciting – which is also true of Triangle.’HAUGESUNDS AVIS ‘Steely control … a believable scenario spiced up with real writerly skill. No let-up in the excitement.’TRØNDER-AVISA ‘Eystein Hanssen succeeds in creating an intricate pattern of storylines as the narrative leaps between Oslo and Thailand and between past and present, while, despite this, he manages to piece together all the plot elements in such a convincing way that the overall result is a well-structured work of Norwegian crime fiction.’BOKSTAVER.NO

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Fireraiser
Mystery and Crime2011 · 496 pp

Fireraiser

Torkil Damhaug

A fireraiser is active in Lillestrøm during Easter in 2003. He is obsessed by the cleansing effect of fire and wants to use it to wipe out everything that reminds him of his youth. Around this time, 18 year old Karsten falls in love with his classmate Jasmeen, but their romance brings the tempers of her tradition-bound Muslim family to boiling point. To protect himself from Jasmeen’s threatening family, Karsten joins a secret brotherhood of elder peers, only to discover that the group might be much more dangerous than he could ever imagine. During the Easter days, Karsten disappears. He never returns. Seven years later, Karsten’s sister Synne decides to find out everything she can about what happened when Karsten went missing. But her private investigation will have awful consequences, arousing slumbering but dangerous memories. And the fireraiser, quiescent during the intervening seven years, is now watching Synne’s search for the truth with intense interest... ‘Ildmannen is a hot candidate for top ranking among this year’s works of crime fiction. Damhaug demonstrates his formidable skill as a writer ... a wholly convincing novel, his best to date.’Dagbladet‘And it must be established, once and for all, that Damhaug delivers with a tremendous flourish. This is probably the best, most exciting Norwegian thriller/ crime novel that anyone will read this year.’Moss Avis ‘Does Ildmannen meet our expectations? Yes. Is this book even better than his earlier ones? Yes, I swear by Freud, Jung and Lacan, I do believe it is, and no mistake. ... It will be an uncommonly strong end to the autumn book season if Ildmannen doesn’t end up as the best work of crime fiction this year.’ Dagens Næringsliv ‘I would unhesitatingly insist that by now Torkil Damhaug is recognised as one of Norway’s outstanding thriller writers.’Romerikes Blad ‘Torkil Damhaug exploits his psychological tool-kit actively; suppressed memories and other handy notions are used deliberately to wind up the tension in his narrative. And it is exciting, with an effective and surprising twist right at the end.’ VG ‘Once again, Torkil Damhaug delivers a strong autumn book. Some of the passages in his thriller about an arsonist are so intense one’s hair stands on end.’ Bergensavisen

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I Can See in the Dark
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2011 · 224 pp

I Can See in the Dark

Karin Fossum

Riktor is the protagonist in Karin Fossum's new crime novel. He has worked for many years in the Løkka nursing home and seems to be normal, quiet and polite. He is often left on his own to manage patients with many and complex care needs. He torments them at every opportunity – pinches the skin at the back of their necks, pulls their hair. Medication that might have soothed their pain is poured down the loo and syringe contents injected into the mattress. Riktor is, simply, the «Nurse from Hell». He is a loner, but when he encounters Arnfinn, a man with a severe alcohol problem, a kind of friendship grows between them. Then, one day, Riktor comes across Arnfinn extracting money from his wallet. That's the end of Arnfinn: Riktor kills him unhesitatingly. A few days later, DI Randers turns up and charges Riktor with the murder of one of the elderly patients in the nursing home and locks him up for a crime he didn't commit. The tension and suspense of the narrative are as much related to the insight into Riktor's dark mind, as to the case against him. Will he be found innocent of the old lady's murder? Will he be charged with killing Arnfinn? ‘Karin Fossum deserves great praise for her stringent language and impressive psychological insight in her new, dark novel.’NRK ‘The language in itself makes her new book worth reading. … Fossum's sentences are vivid and crystal clear, free of redundancies, and in this novel they come with a rhythm which seems to be perfectly in tune with the content.’DAGBLADET ‘A story in which the reader is driven forth by intensity and the unmatched mastery of language.’DAGSAVISEN ‘By making the “I” of the story its narrator, the author has created a difficulty for herself which demands a firm grip and all-round control. Fossum has what is needed, together with chiselled, brisk and very persuasive language with many facets and nuances.’ VG ‘She challenges, entertains and frightens you. Karin Fossum’s writing is exceptionally good. The protagonists have an intense presence and she somehow “paints” people’s stranger sides.’ TRØNDERAVISA ‘Karin Fossum’s shows her mastery at two levels. Her language is outstandingly precise and varied. It never tends toward grand, metaphorical. Also, there is her insight into the unknown, sometimes murky depths of the human mind, as for instance Ricktor’s - a leading character.' TØNSBERGS BLAD ‘The book is written in a poetic, vivid language. It is exciting despite not being crime fiction in the usual sense of the word. The story is tense and from time to time unsettling for the reader but it is impossible to put it down (…) I predict that Karin Fossum will be awarded several prizes soon.’ OPPLAND ARBEIDERBLAD ‘Karin Fossum has delivered the goods again and written a brilliant crime novel.’ TELEMARKAVISA

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Satellite People
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2011 · 320 pp

Satellite People

Hans Olav Lahlum

The date is 10th May 1969, a Saturday. DSI Kolbjørn “K2” Kristiansen is in his Oslo office when he receives a phone call from Ferdinand Schjelderup, the legendary multi-millionaire and resistance fighter. Schjelderup wants to see DSI Kristiansen about a family matter: one of his nearest and dearest is planning to kill him. Before the meeting takes place, Schjelderup collapses and dies during a Sunday dinner, at which ten members of his circle are present. The powerful, much disliked patriarch has been poisoned and the murderer sat at his dining table. Exactly on which seat is the question that drives this thrilling crime story. The plot thickens, as one mysterious letter after another warns of further deaths among the guests at Ferdinand Schjelderup's last meal. DSI Kristiansen needs help and he seeks it from his secret consultant, professor Borchmann's part-paralysed, witty daughter Patricia Louise I. E. Borchmann. Hans Olav Lahlum's Satellittmenneskene is in the classical mould of crime fiction – as close as possible for a book published in 2011. Satellittmenneskene is a thought-provoking, engaging novel about characters whose lives were part of an important period of modern Norwegian history. ‘Refreshingly old-fashioned and genial … Satellittmenneskene is impossible to put down. It contains a forceful drive and demands the reader’s full attention, because here there is a lot to keep straight. Bulls eye once again.’Six out of sixOppland Arbeiderblad‘Thorough retro crime fiction … If you like the classical crime novel as it was created by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, you should immediately go and buy Hans Olav Lahlum’s Satellittmenneskene.’Dagbladet‘Here is style. Lahlum puts his own finger print on this work, as he did with his previous novel. We are talking “Lahlumian” here. There is no one like him. Dealing with such a particular pen is so liberating. And with a mysterious plot, carefully constructed, and delightfully free of unneccessarily detailed voilence.’VG Rights sold to: PORTUGAL (ASA II Edições - Grupo Leya), GREECE (Fantastikos Kosmos Publications), KOREA (Kugil Publishing, Co., Ltd), GREAT BRITAIN (Mantle /Pan MacMillan).

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Bad Intentions
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 192 pp

Bad Intentions

Karin Fossum

Early 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, and they make a pact not to call for help until the following morning. Inspector Sejer leads the investigation when the body is discovered. 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 a teenage boy floats to the surface. This is the ninth novel about Inspector Sejer. I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin FossumRUTH RENDELL

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The Water´s Edge
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 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 TIMES If 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 TIMES Taut, tense...The Water´s Edge can scarcely be better.INDEPENDANT

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He Who Fears the Wolf
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 252 pp

He Who Fears the Wolf

Karin Fossum

A twelve-year-old boy runs into the local police station, claiming to have seen a corpse in the woods. Errki Johrma, an escaped psychiatric patient, was spotted at the scene, before vanishing into the trees. The next morning a bank in a nearby town is robbed at gunpoint. The gunman takes a hostage and flees. As his plans starts to come apart he, unlike his passive hostage, rapidly loses control. Meanwhile the search for the killer has developed into a manhunt - everyone is looking for the enigmatic Errki. This is the third book about Inspector Sejer. Fascinating reading.SUNDAY TELEGRAPH If you like the Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, you´ll also enjoy the work of Karin Fossum. He Who Fears The Wolf is distinguished by a humane approach to its troubled characters. INDEPENDENT Fossum´s presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction.DONNA LEON, SUNDAY TIMES

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When the Devil holds the Candle
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 224 pp

When the Devil holds the Candle

Karin Fossum

When two teenagers steal a purse from a stroller, it results in an infant’s death. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his switchblade. In the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out. Inspector Konrad Sejer and his colleague Jacob Skarre see no connection between the infant’s death and the reported disappearance of a local delinquent. And so while the confusion outside mounts, the heart-stopping truth unfolds inside the old woman’s home. Unflappable as ever, Sejer digs below the surface of small- town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives. This is the fourth book about Inspector Sejer.

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The Murder of Harriet Krohn
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 240 pp

The Murder of Harriet Krohn

Karin Fossum

Charlo Torp has problems. He´s lost his life and his job, and now his gambling debts are driving his daughter away from him. Desperate, his solution is to rob an elderly woman of her money and silverware. But Harriet Krohn fights back, and Charlo loses control. Wracked with guilt, Charlo attempts to rebuild his life. But the police are catching up with him, and Inspector Konrad Sejer has never lost a case yet. Told through the eyes of the killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: How far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterwards? This is the seventh book about Inspector Sejer. Fossums presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction.DONNA LEON, SUNDAY TIMES Fans and newcomers alike will savour this insightful character study of a man of the edge.PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A contemporary Patricia HighsmithIRISH TIMES

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