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The Human Flies
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 336 pp

The Human Flies

Hans Olav Lahlum

Easter 1968. Harald Olesen, an old man who was once a member of the resistance, is found dead in a block of flats. He has been shot. Detective Inspector Kristiansen (K2) soon realises that the killer must be one of the other tenants in the building. That there is no lack of motives is evident when Olesen's dairy is discovered. The police investigator concludes that present-day actions are driven by wartime events. Next, another neighbour is killed – this time, someone who was on the wrong side during the last war. ‘An intelligent and well written crime novel … the novel is splendidly constructed with an escalating suspense, this was really a fun read.’ DAGBLADET ‘You enjoy yourself as the story is unraveled, and you are delighted by cleverly made dead ends. In his epilogue he hints at a possible series, if this novel proves to be a hit. My appeal will be: Write more! The Human Flies enriches today’s Norwegian crime fiction.’ AFTENPOSTEN

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Don´t Look Back
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 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 TIMES Ends 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. SCOTSMAN An engaging, atmospheric thriller.DAILY MAIL

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Black Seconds
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 272 pp

Black Seconds

Karin Fossum

Ida is looking forward to her tenth birthday when she gets on her brand new bike and sets off to buy sweets. She should be back within half an hour but she never returns. Her mother, frantic with worry, calls the shop, friends and family but no one has seen her daughter. As relatives reach breaking point and the media circus begins, Inspector Sejer is calm and reassuring, but inside he is worried: missing children are normally found within forty-eight hours. Ida seems to have vanished without a trace. This is the sixth book about Inspector Sejer. Her most cunning tale yet.DAILY EXPRESS An intelligent author who delivers more than a smart plot by way of psychological insight and clear-eyed characterisation.DAILY MAIL There is no room for debate: the most important female writer of foreign crime fiction at work today is the Norwegian Karin Fossum.ROUGH GUIDE TO CRIME FICTION A superb writer of psychological suspense.NEW YORK TIMES

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The Caller
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2010 · 272 pp

The Caller

Karin Fossum

One mild summer evening Lily and her husband are enjoying a meal while their baby daughter sleeps peacefully in her pram beneath a maple tree. But when Lily steps outside she is paralysed with terror. The child is bathed in blood. Inspector Sejer is called to the hospital to meet the family. Mercifully, the baby is unharmed, but her parents are deeply shaken, and Sejer spends the evening trying to comprehend why anyone would carry out such a sinister prank. Then, just before midnight, somebody rings his doorbell. The corridor is empty, but the caller has left a small grey envelope on the mat. From his living room window, the inspector watches a figure slip across the car park and disappear into the darkness. Inside the envelope Sejer finds a postcard bearing a short message: Hell begins now. This is the tenth book about Inspector Sejer. Karin Fossums latest novel is a strong and good psychological thriller. I would not be surprised if it would be turned into a movie. DRAMMENS TIDENDE Again there is high quality tension and suspence.VGIt is exciting to read about how the people in the small town change, how their lives fall to pieces after Johnnys cruel jokes. A psychothriller that almost stays on the outside of the cruel details of murder so typical of Nordic Crime. MAGAZINE AM WOCHENDE, Germany Karin Fossums novels always gives us remarkable psychological studies of the perpetrator and victim. Once again she writes us in an impressive way how the hurtful subtle danger invades the seemingly ideal environment. Her books are through and through worth reading. KULTUR-IN-BONN.DE, Germany

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Death by Water
Mystery and Crime2009 · 448 pp

Death by Water

Torkil Damhaug

Liss lives in Amsterdam, but when her sister disappears, she jumps on the first plane home. In Oslo she searches desperately for answers. But someone is willing to kill in order to hide the truth behind her sister’s gruesome fate. Death by Water is a thriller that trespasses the boundaries between past and present. It is about a child who searches for love and meets with desire. Several of the characters appearing in the novel can also be found in last year’s thriller Se meg, Medusa (Look at Me, Medusa). ‘A first-class thriller. … With Døden ved vann [Damhaug] should definitely pass the threshold and enter the bestseller lists. This is a very well written, plotted and accomplished novel.’Dagbladet ’With his new crime novel Torkil Damhaug shows that the success with Se meg, Medusa from 2007 is no isolated example. …Damhaug has written a strong story which captures the reader with its fine characters, dramatic turns, excellent dialogs and believable setting.'Dagsavisen ’… ambitious and well-written, with a highly complex and surprising plot.’Dagens Næringsliv ’Another highlight from one of the most ambitious – and best – crime writers in Norway.’Adresseavisen ’Torkil Damhaug is definitely a member of Norwegian crime’s elite. With his new psychological crime novel Døden ved vann, his cleverness, great psychological insight and a substantial literary talent is once again evident, resulting in a terrifying, painful and fascinating novel. … something more than the regular bestselling detective story.’ Tønsberg Blad 'A must for readers of Stieg Larsson … Damhaug quickly turns out to be wiser and far cleverer than Stieg Larsson.'Berlingske Tiderne, DK 'Another confirmation that the Norwegian climate, landscape and psychology is a lucky combination for the making of outstanding crime.'Jyllands-posten, DK 'Incredibly exciting and utterly unputdownable.' Fyns Stiftstidene, DK 'An outstandingly good, psychological, Norwegian crime. It will appeal broadly to readers of Scandinavian crime, and keep you hocked from the first page until the last.' The Library Magazine, DK

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Rottejegeren
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2009 · 352 pp

Rottejegeren

Chris Tvedt

The lawyer Mikael Brenne saves a man from a fire. He sets out to prove that the young, mentally ill girl who deliberately started the fire has also been wrongly accused of murdering her grandfather. His investigation leads him back to the killing of a traitor by the Norwegian Resistance in 1944. But no one will talk about what happened. The pieces fall into place, but not in a court of law—in a scene of violence, blood and sudden death at an ice-cold, abandoned sanatorium in the mountains. 'Once again Chris Tvedt is right on target. This is a intriguingly good story.' –Bergensavisen 'Rottejegeren is a successful thriller by any standard. Chris Tvedt’s strong suit, the sly fabrication of a criminal mystery, is more evident than ever.' –Aftenposten 'The past several years, Chris Tvedt has been one of the rising stars among Norwegian crime fiction writers. With this year’s book, he can no longer be counted among them: this book firmly establishes him as a role model that few can measure up to. The Rat Hunter is one of the most accomplished thrillers written by a Norwegian to date.' –Stavanger Aftenblad

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San Sebastian blues
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2009 · 208 pp

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.

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Look at Me, Medusa
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2007 · 359 pp

Look at Me, Medusa

Torkil Damhaug

Axel Glenne runs his own successful surgery business. He is the son of a war hero and lives an apparently harmonic life with his wife and three children. The morning after a long night shift, something happens that will turn his life upside down. A shadow from the past re-awakens. At the same time he meets a young female student doctor and finds it difficult not to be attracted to her. Not long after a woman’s body is found in Nordmarka. The discoveries by and near the body might suggest that the killer wants to tell something. While the death is being investigated, another woman is murdered. The similarities between the killings are too close to be coincidental. It appears that Axel Glenne has a connection to both victims. In a case that has aroused interest far beyond the country’s borders, the police are working under tremendous pressure. Chief Inspector Hans Magnus Viken suspects that an understanding of a sick mind is just as important as conventional police work, if they are to succeed in preventing further killings. Se meg, Medusa is a thriller where faith and myths force their way into both the readers’ and police’s attempt at solving the puzzling murders. The story revolves and throws light on different issues: identity and jealousy, bestiality, unfaithfulness and revenge. ‘Se meg, Medusa is pure, despite its criminal aspects. Torkil Damhaug distinguishes himself through his attention-grabbing depictions of places and personalities. He has now taken his place in the top ranks of Norwegian crime fiction writers.’Aftenposten ‘An important message for the Norwegian Literary House: Make space where they hang the authors' portraits! ... one of the most well-written and nervewracking works of crime fiction in a long time.’Dagens Næringsliv ‘Torkil Damhaug sneaks right up to the cutting edge with his new thriller, Se meg, Medusa.’Dagsavisen ‘The book delivers surprises up to the very last moment ... Damhaug knows the art of telling a spellbinding crime story in which every component has a function within the world of the crime.’Jyllands-Posten, DK ‘It is brilliantly well written. As in his previous work, this novel carries the unmistakable imprint of Damhaug’s day job as doctor on a psychiatric ward and, hence, his insights into the most hidden aspects of the human mind.’Litteratursiden.dk, DK “Torkil Damhaug’s Medusa features several victims who exit mauled by a bear. Doctor Axel Glenne believes his twin brother may be responsible but nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller. The first in a series called the Oslo Crime Files, it is a more than promising debut” Evening Standard, UK

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The Murders in Barkvik
Mystery and Crime / Children's Books2005 · 304 pp

The Murders in Barkvik

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

The adventures of Fillip Moberg is a new series for youth from the successful author Ingvar Ambjørnsen. Fillip lives with Uncle Ernest who is a crime reporter, and in the first book in the series, Drapene i Barkvik (The Murders in Barkvik) a man is killed in the small town of Barkvik and Uncle Ernest is asked to cover the murder for the paper where he works. Fillip goes with him and soon he and his Uncle are on the way to Barkvik in their campervan.The case seems clear cut. The police have already arrested a man on suspicion of murder. But bit by bit, doubts sneak in as to whether he really is guilty. Fillip is good at taking photographs. He comes into contact with some other young people in the town. They obviously have something to hide. Things happen and have happened in Barkvik that cannot be revealed and Fillip gets closer and closer to the truth. But then there is another murder …The second story in the series, De levende og de døde (Dead Loss) is another nerve-tingling thriller about Fillip, available on www.fillipmoberg.no only. This is the very first podcast novel written by a Norwegian author, and it topped the Norwegian iTunes podcast-chart for months. An unputdownable thriller for teenagers and young adults.

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The Murder of Harriet Krohn
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2004 · 240 pp

The Murder of Harriet Krohn

Karin Fossum

I am Charles Olav Torp; he thinks. How weird to wake up in this heavy body. There are sounds outside, but they know nothing. They think this day is a day like any other. No one has yet noticed the tremor, but soon it will spread and hit all these decent people. With his inner eye he can see the crowd, and just then they all turn to him with a look of accusation. The Murder of Harriet Krohn is a dark and intense portray of a murderer. The reader is with him, in his mind and actions, from the very first moment until the hideous murder take place. A murder that give him the economic possibility to fulfil his daughter Julies greatest dream. Everything is better, the future seems bright and wide open. If it had just not been for Konrad Sejer. "Fossum has written a tight and intense book, where you on one side can easily feel sympathy for Charles, but again and again get reminded that he is actually a murderer."VG "No Norwegian Crime Writer can better give us the image of the feelings and thoughts of a murderer than Karin Fossum"FREDRIKSTADS BLAD

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Natt til fjerde november
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2003 · 176 pp

Natt til fjerde november

Karin Fossum

They sometimes thought that if Jonna had been younger, five or ten, perhaps, there would have been no question. Their daughter would most certainly have been killed. And later hidden and buried, or thrown in the sea. That would have made more sense. But she could never have run away! Where would she go? Jonna is seventeen and disappears without a trace on November 4th. There is no note or diary to explain what has happened, and after several weeks her parents, Magnhild and Jon, are still without answers. Is all of this their fault? This novel shows how alone human beings can be even within a family structure, as well as the brutal impact of grief – but also how that grief might serve to bring about change. The Night of November 4th is a quivering chamber play that with few means and hushed language plays out well-known family scenes. BERGENS TIDENDE What do we really know about our children? asks Karin Fossum in this well directed psychological family drama. AFTENPOSTEN An intense chamber play about a disappearance and the reactions of the family. DAGSAVISEN Karin Fossum has with the intense relationship novel The Night of November 4th written one of her strongest books.VG

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The Doll in the Ceiling
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2001 · 174 pp

The Doll in the Ceiling

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Ingvar Ambjørnsen's first novel with a female protagonist is intense and uncomfortable, and holds the reader captive until the very end. «Who am I, who cannot forgive? Who will not forgive? I am the one who walks the narrowest path. The most difficult. Because nothing is easier giving in and cancel another's debt.» A psychological drama unfolds between a handful of people in a small town in Southern Norway. Rebekka is traveling back to the vacation landscape of her childhood. The reader follows the action through her perspective, where fond childhood memories and enigmatic, confusing images alternate. Soon she gets to map out the small nuclear family that lives in a red-painted house in Stjernestien. An apparent idyll, which the reader realizes cannot last. Because there will be a landslide in this small town, a scandal will be smeared like graffiti on the walls, and it is Rebekka who is the trigger.

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