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The Third Sister
Mystery and Crime2018 · 432 pp

The Third Sister

Terje Bjøranger

Three sisters. Two murdered. One witness. Nadia should have been killed. Her sisters Samira and Nazma are brutally murdered, but Nadia manages to hide just in time. Who is behind the murders? Why were the sisters killed? What will happen to Nadia? As the case unravels, it takes us into closed environments in Oslo and faraway villages in Pakistan. Mikkel, a journalist, colleague and friend of Nadia, is the one who will seek to find the answer to the mystery. The third sister is a dramatic story, told in a realistic and direct way. And the author never let the narrative become dry and theoretical, all the way illustrating what he wants us to see in an action-packed way. Presenting his agenda without letting it affect the nerve and the level of action. DAGBLADET

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THE HOUR OF DEATH
Mystery and Crime2018 · 352 pp

THE HOUR OF DEATH

Jaran Dammann

‘A faint groan made Claus jump. His eyes searched in the darkness. Someone was on their way through the forest, a man walking backwards with his head bowed. His hands wrapped in the hair of a lifeless girl.’ In this crime novel from Fagernes, we're not just following any ordinary hero. Claus is a homeless alcoholic who sleeps in the woods, surviving on rubbish, and whatever else he can find, out in the wild. But his life takes a sudden twist when he witnesses the murder of a young girl. The police connect this incident to several unsolved murders and immediately suspect Claus. On the run from the police, and a killer intent on stopping him from revealing what he knows, Claus escapes to the mountains. ‘Well written crime from rural Norway’ TVEDESTRANDSPOSTEN

THE DARKENING
Mystery and Crime2018 · 336 pp

THE DARKENING

Karin Fossum

A married couple check into a hotel with their 15-month-old son. The next morning, the boy falls from the sixth-floor balcony and dies instantly. His parents' explanations differ substantially. Both of them have something to hide. Who has the right to have a child? How could a child die in such a way? This time, Konrad Sejer knows it is extremely important to find out the truth. The Darkening is a masterful crime novel and a dangerous marital drama.'Karin Fossum is a crime writer like no other. She takes more interest in the people than the crime itself. That makes her more exciting to follow than any other Norwegian crime writer. In this book Karin Fossum once more shows us how masterful she is.'STAVANGER AFTENBLAD 6/6'Karin Fossum once again shows herself a magnificent writer, with a strong ability of trying to understand life. And death.'DAGBLADET'It is word against word in this case, and very special crime novel. Really, Karin Fossum is the most foremost of Norwegian crime writers.' ADRESSEAVISEN

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The Grave
Mystery and Crime2018 · 400 pp

The Grave

Monika N. Yndestad

Seventeen years ago, fifteen-year-old Pia Espeland disappeared. But her parents have never given up hope that she is still alive. Entertaining and realistic journalism crime from a critically acclaimed author.

The Polar Bear Puzzle
Mystery and Crime2018 · 352 pp

The Polar Bear Puzzle

Hans Olav Lahlum

On Friday 18 May 1973, 16-year-old Jørgen Magnus Kvamme disappears without a trace on his way home from school. His single mother reports him missing, and police inspector Kolbjørn ‘K2’ Kristiansen is handed the case.It takes on a new dimension when K2 finds out the identity of the boy's father has been kept secret. He is the powerful business man Bjørn Christopher Fabricius, a timid old giant referred to as the Polar Bear. K2 also stumbles upon an unsolved 40-year-old mystery involving Fabricius' eldest son, who was kidnapped from his childhood bedroom in 1933 and never found.Hans Olav Lahlum returns with his ninth book in the historical crime series about K2 and Patricia, this time with a hair-raising and magnificent crime drama that is also a thought-provoking family history.Lahlums newest book in the series about the investigator duo K2 and Patricia Borchmann, The Polar Bear Puzzle, is the best he has written so far about the two. Lahlum exceeds himself in this high paced and exiting story that extends over decades. This book has drive and excitement from first to last page.TVEDESTRANDSPOSTEN – Six out of six starsLahlum is skilled in the art of crime writing. The level of suspense is so high that it is hard to put the book down before you have finished reading. The author keeps the cards close to his chest, and managed to a number of times trick me into believing that I had found out who the kidnapper is. The high level of surprise when the answer was revealed was also a plus.FÆDRELANDSVENNENLahlum is an entertainer. I like his dramaturgy and writing, as well as the fact that he uses his knowledge about history in his stories.GUDBRANDSDØLEN DAGNINGEN

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 Parchment
Mystery and Crime2018 · 400 pp

The Parchment

Gert Nygårdshaug

The Norwegian professor and cryptologist Linus Lindehage is found murdered in an Oslo apartment on the very evening he is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the prestigious scientific institution, The Royal Society in London—where he is set to make a sensational revelation regarding the contents of a mysterious medieval manuscript known as the Voynich manuscript. It is the eccentric KRIPOS investigator Skarphedin Olsen who inadvertently stumbles upon the professor’s body, landing a case that soon proves to have sinister ramifications. The detective and his team are faced with a near-insoluble criminal puzzle that ultimately builds to a highly dramatic and surprising conclusion. And back in time, in the 15th century, a monk sits writing in a monastery in Italy... "The Parchment is delightfully playful, a book that satisfies every expectation I could have for an intelligent, well-written crime story (…) It is superb both in the minute details, across the wide cast of characters—and in the truly grand strokes."Adresseavisen "The Parchment contains some nods to other books in the same genre, such as Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and the works of Tom Egeland, yet it sets itself apart because it is so unpretentious and astute all at once. Pure enjoyment."Oppland Arbeiderblad "It is an absolute pleasure to read a crime story told this elegantly (…) Much like a well-composed feast, The Parchment will surely leave the reader both sated and delighted."VG

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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SEEN BY THE DEAD
Mystery and Crime2018 · 368 pp

SEEN BY THE DEAD

Eirik Husby Sæther

A woman kneels on the tracks in Oslo Central Station, When the train hits her, she is decapitated. Detective Mikael Wulf finally finds the head under the carriages. Her eyes reveal it was not suicide. The woman also bears the mark of a prostitute, a lump on her foot from walking too far in narrow heels. To find the killer he has to find out who she was. But he doesn't even know her name. She becomes the case he can't forget.

Out of Season
Mystery and Crime2018 · 320 pp

Out of Season

Tor Edvin Dahl

One morning, the sheriff shows up at Frank Wickstrøm's house. Frank is a model worker who is staying in a cabin by himself. Was he in the village last night? An accusation of having fled from an accident quickly transforms into something completely different. Frank's wife, a successful businesswoman, and their two children are forced into an unpleasant and incomprehensible game. Insightful and passionate from an accomplished author.