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The One No One Sees
Mystery and Crime2024 · 384 pp

The One No One Sees

Terje Bjøranger

Nazdar Gulli’s family discovers that studying law isn’t all she’s doing at university. She’s also seeing Julio. Soon after this revelation, Nazdar ends up in hospital as an obvious victim of honour-based violence. Police investigator Charlie Robertsen tries to get Nazdar to report her brothers and father for violence and attempted murder. But Nazdar drops the charges, scared of the consequences they could have for both her family and for herself. The investigation is put on ice, but Charlie can’t let the case go. He knows that Nazdar is in danger of being sent out of the country and disappearing, like so many other women who are victims of honour crimes. Can he help her in time? At the same time, a young man calling himself Azad hides with a Kurdish single mother and her daughter in Sweden. Mother and daughter are brutally shot and killed by a criminal gang. Azad wants to avenge them, no matter the cost. Even if it costs him his secret identity. The One No One Sees is a realistic and captivating thriller with deep insight into a highly topical social issue. [...] an engaging and gripping story – written in ice cold and controlled language. Terje Bjøranger is a brilliant author who knows the art of building an intrigue. [...] one of the best and most relevant Norwegian crime novels I've read in a long time.VG - six/six stars [...] frightening, nail-bitingly intense and topical.Randaberg 24 - six/six stars [...] a frightening and extremely exciting thriller.Nettavisen - five/six stars The most important crime novel of the yearTerje Bjøranger has delivered a very good thriller. It’s the most political crime novel of the year. That makes it brave. And important.Stavanger Aftenblad - five/six stars

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Burden of Guilt
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2024 · 448 pp

Burden of Guilt

Hilde S. Palladino

It is a scorching hot summer. The heatwave has lasted for weeks. Former forensic psychologist Bjørk Isdahl is tasked by the police with looking for a middle-aged woman who has disappeared. It turns out that the missing woman had a daughter who disappeared without a trace, eighteen years ago. Bjørk quickly discovers similarities to the double-homicide case in which she made a fatal error three years ago. Where she caused the wrong person to be charged with the brutal murder of two teenage girls. He ended up taking his own life in his cell. Together with her former partner at the National Criminal Investigation Service, Absalon Lund, Bjørk starts investigating the case. The girl who disappeared eighteen years ago may have been the actual perpetrator’s first victim. Bjørk and Absalon are likely hunting a killer who may have been active for two decades. A perpetrator who has become Bjørk’s nemesis. As the search for the missing woman intensifies, yet another young girl disappears from the neighbourhood. Bjørk is convinced that the serial killer is active again. Burden of Guilt is an ambitious and well-written psychological crime novel that serves as a follow-up to H.S. Palladino’s explosive debut. The first book in the series, Hidden Under Snow, was sold to Germany, Sweden and Denmark on publication. «Vibrating and mystified crime where the author keeps the reader in doubt until the last sentence»RANDEBERG 24, six/six stars

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First there was darkness
Mystery and Crime2024 · 288 pp

First there was darkness

Karin Fossum

All that's heard in the silence, is the knife when it's dragged over the steel in long motions. First there was darkness is the fourth book about police detective Eddie Feber. It's early August, and a dry wind is blowing. Ruben Kornell spends the night in an old community centre, hidden behind some chairs. He awakes to the sounds of voices, and overhears a conversation between two men. Ruben has a burning passion for true crime, and he's convinced that the men are planning to commit a crime. He eyes the opportunity to become an important witness in a criminal case. If he can convince the police to take him seriously. Bloody crime with poetic elements«Lean back and let yourself be enveloped by the Fossum universe [...] A surprising, recognisable and magnificent novel by Karin Fossum.»Dagsavisen No one writes crime like Fossum«Her tone of voice and character gallery set her apart from all other Norwegian crime.»Stavanger Aftenblad «Karin Fossum, currently, is our unrivalled Queen of Crime, and she is showing no sign of abdicating.»NRK, five/six stars «Unforgettable crime, which meets all my expectations.»Randaberg24, six/six stars «First there was darkness has several highlights, and is far above what many other Norwegian crime writers publish.»VG

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Mass for a Murderer
Mystery and Crime2024 · 400 pp

Mass for a Murderer

Gard Sveen

A hot Tuesday morning in August, Tom Schrøder is granted his first leave from prison. Three hours accompanied by two officers. He will be be back in the Kongsvinger prison by eleven o’clock. But Schrøder never comes back. He kills one of the prison officers and leaves town with the other. The most dangerous man in the country is on the lam. He is armed, and he has a hostage. The residents of the town are asked to stay indoors and lock their doors in the intense heat of the late summer. Tom Schrøder, a feared criminal since his late teens, was convicted of a brutal double homicide twelve years ago. In recent years, however, he has been a model prisoner and earned a transfer to a low-security prison. In two years, he could have been a free man. He is fifty-two years old. If he’s caught now, he’ll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Why run now? In Sandefjord, Schrøder’s lawyer is on his summer holidays when he receives news of his most infamous client’s escape. By then, several hours have passed since the incident – Tom Schrøder could be anywhere. The lawyer’s greatest fear is that someone in the prison may have told Tom his big secret. Then the worst thing possible happens. And the road to downfall has no end.

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The Shadow People
Mystery and Crime2024 · 336 pp

The Shadow People

Sigbjørn Mostue

Even Stubberud is on his way into the deep Amazonas rainforest, seeking The Shadow People. A mystical tribe that avoids contact with the rest of the world. With them a dead geologist has hidden maps showing huge riches hidden in the rainforest – information that Russia, the USA, the Venezuelan government and cartels wants their hands on. Even’s task is to find the maps first, and destroy them. Simultaneously, Norway is trying to negotiate a peace treaty between the Venezuelan government and Andrés Palmero, the leader of the opposition. Russia launches a cyber attack on Norway, and the message is clear: Keep out of it. Russia wants Palmero dead. The consequences could be a full-scale war between the superpowers.

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The Nameless Inheritance
Mystery and Crime2023 · 352 pp

The Nameless Inheritance

Ellen Gustavsen

Nerve-wrecking psycological thriller Warning: A DNA-test can potentially change your life A June evening in year 2000 a group of youths gather by a tarn outside the city to celebrate the end of middle school and beginning of high school. The energy is high, but when dawn breaks the joy shatters. A girl has been raped, and her revenge ends in a merciless tragedy for everyone involved. It's an incident that causes deep marks.Sixteen years later a doctor at a fertility clinic is brutally murdered. Police detective Lars Lukassen is assigned the case. The police quickly understands that it will be a challenging case to solve, and they soon are deep into an investigation involving Norway's sperm donor system and human lives, and also Lukassens's own history.This is a crime novel in the spirit of Lisa Marklund’s The Polar Circle. The search for identity and the consequences of a public sperm donor system that is unravelling create the framework for the second novel about Lars Lukassen, written by one of our most promising crime authors. «Well-written, capitvating and believeable ...»RINGERIKES BLAD, six/six stars «... without a doubt Ellen G. Simensen's best crime novel.»Randaberg24

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You're going to die
Mystery and Crime2023 · 368 pp

You're going to die

Gard Sveen

You're Going to Die is the first book in a new crime series about the detective duo Ulf Sommer and Agnete Ness. Winter 2019: The first weekend of December, Camilla Lund goes on a girl’s trip to Sweden. At least, that’s what she tells her husband. She never comes back home to Setesdal. Her husband’s suspicion that his wife is a completely different person than he believed grows stronger. Camilla didn’t have any old friends, no living parents – seemingly, she had no past at all. In Oslo the leader of Kripos (NCIS), Agnete Ness, is ordered by the Attorney General to start a secret investigation of Camilla Lund’s disappearance. The Attorney General wants Agnete’s best detective, Ulf Sommer, on the case. With strict orders to not reveal its contents to anyone except Ulf, Agnete is given a folder of secret documents. In the folder is a photograph of a young girl. Twenty years ago, everyone in Norway knew her face. Three neo-Nazis, including a fifteen-year-old girl, were sentenced for the murder of two immigrant boys in Oslo. It was the most shocking murder case the country had ever experienced. To Agnete Ness, it’s personal. The black abyss that she thought was in the past, is suddenly her reality again. Camilla Lund’s disappearance is the start of Agnete’s biggest nightmare. To Ulf Sommer, it’s a ticking clock: He is the only one who can save Agnete from her own past.

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Farewell, Farah Diba
Mystery and Crime2023 · 320 pp

Farewell, Farah Diba

Karin Fossum

The third crime novel about the energetic detective Eddie Feber is one of the best books Karin Fossum has ever written. A man storms into a police station, limping, past the queuing system and shouts that his daughter has disappeared. His despair is heart-breaking. Kandis, almost 6 years old, has disappeared in the middle of the day on a Saturday. She was wearing a light blue dress and hair bow, strappy sandals, and her dark hair was gathered in a braid. The desperate man is Alfie René, Kandis’s dad. Her mother, Fayroz Mohaved, is dead from cancer. Alfie is visibly injured from a serious motorcycle accident. It turns out that a little girl has been observed in a grey van, both near a supermarket and a gas station near the forested area of Natvig. We follow Eddie Feber and his partner Margot as they search for traces. Has she been kidnapped by an abuser? Has the little girl in the beautiful dress been taken far into the dark forest? Does a shipment of OxyContin opiod pills have something to do with the disappearance? As the days go by, the hope of finding the girl alive becomes a desperate and perhaps unrealistic hope. Eddie Feber also has a daughter of the same age as Kandis and the case hits him hard. We get to know him on a more personal level than in previous books. Karin Fossum has written a painfully relevant and gripping story, where the readers will have their assumptions and suspicions turned on their heads. NOMINATED TO THE RIVERTON PRIZE 2024 Reveiws World class «Heart-wrenching topic which, by anyone other than Fossum would be speculative and tendentious. […] at her best she writes psychological thrillers of world class. As this one is.» Dagbladet, six/six stars «Elegant and intelligent crime […] fairy-tale like, gripping and almost surreal.» Bok365, six/six stars «… one of the smartest crime authors in Norway, especially how thoughtfully she writes about what humans are capable of, both good and bad.» Randaberg24, six/six stars «Karin Fossum is close to her very best. And crime literature doesn’t get much better than that.» Adresseavisen, five/six stars Farewell, Farah Diba – Excels! «To deliver so strongly only a year after her previous publication, is an achievement few Norwegian crime authors will do after her.» VG, five/six stars «Farewell, Farah Diba stands out as Karin Fossum at her most superb. It offers excitement, entertainment and wise reflections in a wonderful mix. Karin Fossum proves once again that she belongs to the very top echelon of Norwegian crime.» Dagsavisen Karin Fossum – A whole other class «Most crime stories, also the very good ones, are often particularly exciting in certain passages. With Fossum the whole novel is one continuous passage of excitement. No one does it better.» Nettavisen One of Bok365's best books of 2023 «We should and must live in uncertainty, as it should be, whether the mysteries can be solved or not, but there is a slow and almost imperceptible development in the relationship between child and adult which means that we as readers see with wonder and amazement and pure joy that the balance of power almost tips in favor of the child. In a blend of a fairy tale story, descriptions of nature, some philosophical considerations of life, the text gives us hope and faith in the forces of life.»

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The Snow Leopard
Mystery and Crime2023 · 400 pp

The Snow Leopard

Grethe Bøe

The Snow Leopard is a thrilling journey through the treacherous landscape of the Arctic, as the dedicated fighter pilot, Ylva Nordahl, save the world from the threat of the fifth colonists. The powerful nations of the USA, Russia, and China vie for control of the Arctic and its valuable resources. As the stakes grow higher, Ylva finds herself drawn into a deeper conflict: One that pits traditionalism against Western liberalism, and which threatens to tear the world apart. Unknown forces are planning a terror attack on one of NATO’s nuclear-powered submarines on Svalbard, and the only one who can stop it is Ylva. Following the success of Mayday, Ylva Nordahl is back in another political thriller with fast-paced action, a gripping plot, and nuanced exploration of contemporary politics and global power struggles. It is a story about sacrifice, courage, and the fight for survival in a rapidly changing world, and it will keep you on the edge of your seat from first to last page. «Two years ago Grethe Bøe made her debut as a crime/thriller-writer with Mayday, and I stated it was the best debut I'd ever read in the genre. Now figther pilot Ylva Nordahl and Bøe have returned in the sequel The Snow Leopard, and it is just as good.»Tidens krav, five/six stars

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Hidden under snow
Mystery and Crime2022 · 400 pp

Hidden under snow

Hilde S. Palladino

Hidden under snow is a character-driven psychological crime fiction novel. Former forensic psychologist Bjørk Isdahl is witness to the brutal suicide of one of her former clients – Azora. Among Azora’s possessions was a photograph of Bjørk, with the words ‘I know why you have nightmares’ written on it. Bjørk has always had terrible nightmares – nightmares she’s never mentioned to anyone else. So how could Azora have known about them, and why did she have that photo of Bjørk? Both the police and Bjørk search for the link between them. A link that connects the two and their lives more closely than Bjørk was even aware of herself. This work of psychological crime fiction is a fascinating dive into repressed memory and how the past and one’s upbringing can shape and impact them – even if they don’t remember it.Exciting and well-written crime debut with plenty of drive«... many surprises and people who both interests and moves us. ... Palladino writes with great energy.»Stavanger Aftenblad Efficient new Norwegian crime!«… an elaborate debut. … H. S. Palladino (53) is a Norwegian crime writer debutant with a firm grip on her tools. … The revelations towards the novel’s end, regarding Azora’s fate and Bjørk’s own past, will likely surprise even the most alert of readers.»VG A book full of surprisesEfficiently written, uses a number of smart crime-thriller methods that keeps the reader attention. Romsdals budstikke

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Dog Without a Grave
Mystery and Crime2022 · 464 pp

Dog Without a Grave

Torkil Damhaug

In this gripping thriller by Torkil Damhaug, the reader is pulled into a world where violence and revenge looms, but also where compassion and reconciliation are possible. Gina Witt, a feminist and TV-celebrity, is admired and hated for her current affairs show on TV. One of her episodes is about sexual assault, where the accusor and the accused parttake. Shortly after the episode, the infamous host is found murdered in her sister’s house. The formerly famous lawyer Fred Rivers finds out that it was his daughter Silje who returned home to find her aunt Gina murdered. The murder also has creepy similarities with the case Rivers himself was convicted for, 12 years earlier. He can’t let go of the thought that Silje could also be in danger. Winner of the Norwegian Riverton Prize for Crime in 2022.«Torkil Damhaug is one of Norway's sharpest crime writers and a rare genius.»RANDABERG24, six/six stars«He composes a captivating plot, and reasons without missing a step.»STAVANGER AFTENBLAD, five/six stars«... first and foremost a damned good story.»NRK

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The Night Runner
Mystery and Crime2022 · 192 pp

The Night Runner

Karin Fossum

In the dead of night he suddenly stands at the bedside of his victims, wordlessly pointing his gun at them... But who gets to live, and who will die?Fear is running rampant in a small Norwegian town: three people have survived attacks by the burglar known as The Night Runner – but how long until the first victim dies? Inspector Eddie Feber is sure that the mysterious number combinations at the crime scenes provide a clue - will he solve the mystery in time? What Feber doesn't know is that close to him, young Meidel Jonsson also feels that he is suffocating from fear: the day when his father is released from prison is getting closer and closer - and with him evil will return...REVIEWS «A charming detective and a nerve-wrecking crazy killer. This is Fossum-crime of the top shelf!»Dagbladet *****«The Night Runner is yet another insightful crime about those who exist on the outside. A large story in a small format, told by an author who is still at the top in her genre. After 18 published novels that's no small feat!»VG ***** «... entertaining and elegant novel from one of our incisive Norwegian crime writers.»Tønsbergs blad *****«The novel belongs to the top shelf because Karin Fossum is unusually elegant in her writing. She writes simply, varied and poetically. Different environments are described with atmosphere. The sentences can be crystal clear and full of significance at the same time. But most importantly: Karin Fossum doesn't settle for writing about police and robbers. That makes her crime novel something more than crime novels. ... Karin Fossum's language is precise and well written. Thus, a paragraph can say more than thousand words.»Aftenposten«The nuanced and close-up portraits of the criminal mind is something that characterise Fossums writing style, and which lifts her from pure crime to readers with a taste for the literary.»NRK «It is the descriptions and revelations of these combinations and variations in human behaviours that makes Karin Fossum's crime novels such strong reading experiences. She lets us into the dark corners, and shows us people who live on the borderlands.»Dagsavisen

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