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by Gunnar Staalesen (Author), Don Bartlett (Translator)
A chilling Nordic Noir crime thriller: Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates a case mirroring a dark past.
"As searing and gripping as they come," raves the New York Times about this thrilling installment in the Varg Veum series. Two cases collide: a missing sister and a ship with a mysterious cargo. Veum uncovers unsettling similarities to a thirty-six-year-old double suicide, drawing him into a web of star-crossed lovers, toxic waste, and illegal immigrants. As history threatens to repeat itself, Veum races against time to prevent a terrifying cost.
For fans of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesb , this dark and twisting story of love and revenge showcases Staalesen at his thought-provoking best. Perfect for readers seeking:
- Atmospheric crime fiction
- Complex mysteries with troubled detectives
- Suspenseful thrillers set in Norway
Author Biography
One of the fathers of the Nordic Noir genre, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over twenty-three titles, which have been published in twenty-six countries and sold over five million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim, and a further series is currently being filmed.
Don Bartlett completed an MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and has since worked with a wide variety of Danish and Norwegian authors, including Jo Nesbø and Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum series: We Shall Inherit the Wind, Wolves in the Dark and the Petrona award-winning Where Roses Never Die. He also translated Faithless, the previous book in Kjell Ola Dahl's Oslo Detective series for Orenda Books. He lives with his family in a village in Norfolk.
