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Murder at Writing Class
UpLit2026 · 383 pp

Murder at Writing Class

Gunn Helene Arsky

Book 3 in the Angel & Luna series! In the deep January darkness, Engel is running a writing course in her offbeat bookshop in the small town of Halden. The local bestselling author, Fabian Svartskog, is leading the class. But on the second evening, the tutor fails to show up under mysterious circumstances – just as an icy winter settles over town. What happened to Fabian? Has he had an accident? Fled his responsibilities? Or has someone brought his story to an end? Before long, Engel realises she must solve the mystery and find Fabian – dead or alive. Drawn into a world of technology, literary ethics, love and betrayal, she sets out to uncover the truth. With help from her wise cat Luna, an overenthusiastic cupcake baker, her journalist boyfriend and a sister who hacks her way to answers, Engel follows the clues to the bitter end. Murder at the Writing Course is the perfect blend of feelgood and cosy crime. It is definetely for readers who’ve devoured mysteries set in English villages and on Scottish isles – and are now ready for a Norwegian small town where murder, and a charming cat, lurk behind the bookshelves.

Engaging mystery, with all the ingredients of a feelgood mixed in
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Nikola of Tuzla
Literature and Fiction2026 · 208 pp

Nikola of Tuzla

Bruno Jovanovic

Nikola has disappeared from Oslo. The only trace that remains is a newly recorded porn movie. Tarik decides to do whatever it takes to find his friend. When he learns that Nikola's father is deceased and to be buried, he buys a one-way ticket to Bosnia, the motherland he has never called his own. In the streets of Tuzla, the hunt for Nikola begins. Meeting his family and people who knew him, Tarik is drawn into a past that Nikola never shared with him. Simultaneously, a story unfolds about the two young men, connected by their outsider status and loyalty. Together, they are drawn into an underworld where boundaries are constantly moving, and the price at last becomes inhumanely high. Nikola of Tuzla is a novel about loss, and about belonging, identity and an all-consuming friendship. "Harder, grittier, and darker than the debut... a story that ends in tragic darkness"Fædrelandsvennen, 5/6 stars

The Survival Plan
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2026 · 304 pp

The Survival Plan

Elin Brend Bjørhei

Village gossip. Stubborn dogs. And a man I should never fall for again… There’s a special place in hell for men who dump their fiancée the day before the wedding. That’s where my ex, Jonas, should have been. But no, he’s still walking around unharmed in the streets of Oslo, far from hellfire and torment. You’d think it couldn’t get any worse, but yes, he also made sure I lost my job. So what do you do when you’re dumped, broke, and desperate? I’ve chosen to move to the countryside. To Feheim, the small village I swore I’d never return to. There, I’m going to run a dog boarding kennel, even though I have no clue about dogs, but how hard can it be? I honestly only start regretting it the moment I meet Nikolai again – the boy I had a crush on as a teenager. But he’s not much of a boy anymore. He has become a man. A strikingly handsome and unapproachable man whom I should stay far away from. It’s just a shame my heart refuses to listen, especially when he looks at me like that… The Survival Plan is a romantic and spicy novel for everyone who has headbanged to Metallica and Googled “how to get over an ex” – and still ended up crying to Taylor Swift and eating candy for dinner. A story about losing yourself and finding your way back – one calf birth, one good book, and one orgasm at a time. The Survival Plan is the first book in a planned series.

Small-town country romance
Porsgrunn Porcelain
Literature and Fiction2026 · 265 pp

Porsgrunn Porcelain

Frederik Svindland

It's all done, the last book about me, Vito from Porsgrunn, the boy whose life turned out so wrong. It started with Damned Kid and the time at Heistad (I hated that time so much), and then Kaja 2000 and the time at Kjølnes (I loved that time so much), and now I'm in high school and have lost Kaja because I was a stupid idiot. Plus Suttegutten has died. We owed that guy a lot of money, or Alvarez owed him, but he just lied and made things worse, so the rest of us had to step up, Felix arranged for some hay bales he got cheap from his father, and then things got going. But then Suttegutten suddenly put on his wooden coat, and here we are, the golden boys in The Commission with a lot of money to spend on unreasonable things. By the way, you don't have to have read the other books to read this one. The books about me are all standalones, and you know what they say about Porsgrunn porcelain. It is handmade and exclusive.

Rally
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2026 · 352 pp

Rally

Elisabeth Sørdal

Thirty years ago, Beth's father, legendary rally driver "Biggen," vanished to Argentina, leaving behind a ten-year-old and a mother reeling from a mysterious breakdown. Now, a death in the family forces Biggen's return, and Beth must confront the man who abandoned her to uncover the dark secrets buried in their past. Flashback to 1985: Biggen is the king of the rally circuit, chasing a fortune for his dream farm, with his adoring "rally princess," young Beth, by his side. But the arrival of a charismatic new driver, Rafael, ignites a volatile mix of jealousy, desire, and suspicion that ensnares Biggen, his wife, and a captivated Beth. When tragedy strikes, a devastating question remains: was it fate, or did Biggen's ambition push him to an unforgivable act? Unravel a poignant tale of family, abandonment, and the shocking consequences of desire that will keep you guessing until the very end!

A thrilling, poignant, and darkly humorous debut
The Dreamwalker
Literature and Fiction2026 · 368 pp

The Dreamwalker

Kaja Kvernbakken

What happens when one of the state's most promising young reporters fails to find out why her own mother was killed? The planet has suffered ecological collapse, and a fragile world is trying to get back on its feet. The young reporter Raven is on a relentless search for information about her mother, and about the circumstances around her death. Raven's life takes a dramatic turn when an unexpected encounter with a terrorist triggers a traumatic memory in her. This becomes the start of an intense and personal search for the truth. She begins to unearth information that powerful people have long tried to keep hidden – not just from her, but from all society. Raven is forced into a dangerous existence marked by terrorism and difficult family relationships, where the big question constantly hangs over her: Who really owns the truth? The Dreamwalker is not a typical fantasy novel, but a powerful achievement that mixes future dystopia with magical realism. Kaja Kvernbakken has created a fireworks display of a story with her own twist, which will send you on an emotional rollercoaster of anger, love, and fear.

The Salt Lattice
Literature and Fiction2026 · 240 pp

The Salt Lattice

Ingrid Brækken Melve

Doctor Kristoffer Rødberget returns home to keep vigil over his grandmother’s final days and settle the estate. Growing up, the village locals would seek out his childhood home, Rødberget, for help. Whether it was sciatica, a bad back, or cancer, Kristoffer’s father welcomed them in and laid his warm hands upon them. When Kristoffer left to study medicine, he also bid farewell to both his home village and the superstition that brought people to Rødberget. But as the returning son, he must face both. The Salt Lattice is a novel about what binds us together—and how terribly wrong things can go when those bonds break.

The Scalp Hunter
Mystery and Crime2026 · 380 pp

The Scalp Hunter

Gard Sveen

October 2022. Ulf Sommer is contacted by the popular crime author Jan Inge Farstad. Farstad runs the podcast Unknown Murderer, which in recent weeks has focused on the unsolved 2013 murder of student Linda Tollefsrud. Ulf led the original investigation, and the case has haunted him ever since. Now, Farstad has received a message from an anonymous source claiming to possess a key piece of information about Linda’s murder: she was scalped. Ulf knows that only the killer, and the police officers involved in the investigation, could know this. Has the murderer reached out to Farstad? Just days later, the inevitable happens: a Ukrainian refugee, Irina Melnik, and her daughter are found murdered. Both have been scalped. The hunt for the Scalp Hunter pulls Ulf and Agnete into a labyrinth of lies, in a small town where secrets are guarded with eerie determination in a setting reminiscent of Twin Peaks.

Atmospheric Nordic noir set in western Norway
The Age of Shields: The Migration
Mystery and Crime2026 · 544 pp

The Age of Shields: The Migration

Sigbjørn Mostue

History remembers Rome. History remembers the Vikings. But time in between was so dark and merciless that the world chose to forget it. Europe, early 5th century. The Roman Empire is crumbling under the inept Emperor Honorius. Ioannes Claudius, son of a Roman general, is sent to the edge of the empire, to a Britannia where loyalty is bought with blood and the name of the emperor no longer provides protection. Meanwhile, in what will one day become Norway, the young woman Vivja survives the massacre of her people. She carries visions of the wolf age, endless winter, and a migration that will draw entire peoples south. When their paths cross, the two are bound together by necessity and fate. Together, Vivja and Ioannes flee to Italy, unaware that furious Gothic forces are marching on Rome. Ahead of them lies a journey through the wolf age and the shield age – where one world dies and a new one is born. The Migration is the first volume in the series The Shield Age – an epic historical drama from the migration period, the 'dark centuries'. It is from this time that the heroic legends of Beowulf, King Arthur, Sigurd Fåvnesbane and King Atle arise. A climate catastrophe awaits – the Fimbul Winter – as well as a cruel pandemic, merciless ethnic cleansing and an impressive civilization that crumbles. But in the ruins of the Roman Empire the foundation for a new Europe is laid.

The Royal Palace
Literature and Fiction2026 · 336 pp

The Royal Palace

Tor Bomann-Larsen

The Royal Palace is a captivating novel that draws the reader into a historical universe where power, faith, beauty and ideology collide. The enigmatic monk Iliodor arrives in Kristiania in 1916 with a leather bag. Inside are hidden documents that contain the fate of the Russian Tsarist family and which can change the course of world history. A wealth of characters and environments revolve around Iliodor: in the court of the Norwegian Royal Palace, a revolutionary environment in Vaterland, a fanatical congregation in Hammersborg and a German princely residence above Slemdal. Author Tor Bomann-Larsen offers unique historical material, transformed into personal poetry.

The Jack of Spades
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2026 · 300 pp

The Jack of Spades

Gert Nygårdshaug

After Fredric Drum has given a lecture in London on some strange symbols from an unknown culture, these symbols start appearing on several murder victims across the country. There appears to be no motive or pattern to the killings. Skarphedin Olsen is back at Kripos as an investigator, following his time away in Røros, and this case offers him a difficult challenge upon his return. What do these symbols mean, and who is behind these murders? The Jack of Spades is Gert Nygårdshaug’s 14th book in the series featuring Fredric Drum and Skarphedin Olsen. The Drum series belongs to the classic crime fiction tradition, where the mystery is gradually unravelled. Each novel can be read as a standalone. Gert Nygårdshaug strikes again«It's become a day of joy for anyone who loves intelligent crime, good food and wine. [...] Leaves you wanting more.»DAGSAVISEN

The Blackbird’s Song
Mystery and Crime2026 · 335 pp

The Blackbird’s Song

Gro Furrevik

When two women with ties to a rising political star disappear, the case leads back to the war-torn Balkans and to the secrets that refuse to die. In The Blackbird’s Song, war trauma and psychological suspense intertwine on Norway’s dark and rain-soaked west coast. Psychiatrist Carmen Wiese, a newly appointed profiler in the Bergen police, is drawn into an investigation that challenges both her professional integrity and her sense of self. At the same time, Victoria Valkendorf, a privileged mother hiding a secret from her time as a soldier in Kosovo, feels her carefully built life begin to unravel. As the investigation unfolds, disturbing connections emerge between Norway and the chaos of post-war Kosovo, where crime and power fed on human suffering. For Carmen and Victoria, confronting the past becomes a question of survival and of how far we will go for truth, justice, and forgiveness. Rich in atmosphere and psychological depth, The Blackbird’s Song explores guilt, responsibility and moral courage across generations and borders. It’s a haunting, character-driven thriller about how the shadows of history still shape the present and how silence can be the most dangerous form of complicity. The title refers to Kosovo’s name, which means blackbird in Serbian an echo from the medieval “Field of the Blackbird,” where history and myth still haunt Europe’s collective memory. "Provides insight into several themes rarely encountered in this genre (...) Interesting, but also exciting – as it should be (...) A successful narrative approach, and well balanced."Samtiden