The 25-year-old case of a missing girl sees Varg Veum dig deep into
the past to find her kidnapper, as the secrets and lies of a tiny
community threaten everything … Gunnar Staalesen’s award-winning,
international bestselling Varg Veum series continues in this chilling
Nordic Noir thriller.
***WINNER of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of
the Year***
'Mature and captivating’_ HERALD SCOTLAND_
‘One of the finest Nordic novelists – in the tradition of Henning
Mankell’ BARRY FORSHAW, _INDEPENDENT_
‘Masterful pacing’ _PUBLISHERS WEEKLY_
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SEPTEMBER 1977. Mette Misvær, a three-year-old girl disappears
without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny, close
middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated,
but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch,
suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.
Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of
limitations draws near, Mette’s mother approaches PI Varg Veum, in a
last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As
Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and
shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another
brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge…
Shocking, unsettling and full of extraordinary twists and
turns, _Where Roses Never Die_ reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of
the world’s foremost thriller writers.
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PRAISE FOR GUNNAR STAALESEN
'There is a world-weary existential sadness that hangs over his
central detective. The prose is stripped back and simple … deep
emotion bubbling under the surface – the real turmoil of the
characters’ lives just under the surface for the reader to intuit,
rather than have it spelled out for them’ DOUG JOHNSTONE, _THE BIG
ISSUE_
‘Gunnar Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors.
Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a
complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means “wolf ” in Norwegian,
and this is a series with very sharp teeth’ IAN RANKIN
‘Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic
novelists’ _FINANCIAL TIMES_
‘Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian
society in this highly disturbing entry’ _PUBLISHERS WEEKLY_
'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation
than spectacle, and it’s in the quieter scenes that the real drama
lies’ _HERALD SCOTLAND_
'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo
Nesbo' _INDEPENDENT_
‘With an expositional style that is all but invisible, Staalesen
masterfully compels us from the first pages … If you’re a fan of
Varg Veum, this is not to be missed, and if you’re new to the
series, this is one of the best ones. You’re encouraged to jump
right in, even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to
follow’ CRIME FICTION LOVER
‘With short, smart, darkly punchy chapters ... a provocative and
gripping read’ LOVEREADING
‘Haunting, dark and totally noir, a great read’ _NEW BOOKS
MAGAZINE_
‘An upmarket Philip Marlowe’ MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI, _THE BOOKSELLER_
‘Razor-edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finest’ QUENTIN
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ISBN
9781910633106
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Orenda Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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