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As Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes
clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took
place thirty-six years earlier… A gripping instalment of the
award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of Nordic
Noir. Â Bergen Private Investigator Varg Veum is perplexed
when two wildly different cases cross his desk at the same time. A
lawyer, anxious to protect her privacy, asks Varg to find her
sister, who has disappeared with her husband, seemingly without
trace, while a ship carrying unknown cargo is heading towards the
Norwegian coast, and the authorities need answers. Â Varg
immerses himself in the investigations, and it becomes clear that
the two cases are linked, and have unsettling – and increasingly
uncanny – similarities to events that took place thirty-six years
earlier, when a woman and her saxophonist lover drove their car off
a cliff, in an apparent double suicide. Â As Varg is drawn
into a complex case involving star-crossed lovers, toxic waste and
illegal immigrants, history seems determined to repeat
itself in perfect detail … and at terrifying
cost... Â A chilling, dark and twisting story of love and
revenge, Mirror Image is Staalesen at his most thrilling,
thought-provoking best.
Fresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex
investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman
disappears, and the case of a missing child is revived. The classic
Nordic Noir series continues... 'As searing and gripping as they
come' New York Times 'One of my very favourite Scandinavian
authors' Ian Rankin 'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo ***Now a
major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim***
________________________ PI Varg Veum has returned to duty
following a stint in rehab, but his new composure and resolution
are soon threatened when a challenging assignment arrives on his
desk. A man is found dead in an elite swimming pool and a young
woman has gone missing. Most chillingly, Varg Veum is asked to
investigate the 'Camilla Case': an eight-year-old cold case
involving the disappearance of a little girl, who was never found.
As the threads of these apparently unrelated crimes come together,
against the backdrop of a series of shocking environmental crimes,
Varg Veum faces the most challenging, traumatic investigation of
his career. ________________________ 'Every inch the equal of his
Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo' Independent
'Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic
novelists' Financial Times 'There are only two other writers that I
know of have achieved the depth of insight in detective writing
that Staalesen has: Chandler, and Ross MacDonald ...' Mystery
Tribune 'Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist ...
simply superb' Wall Street Journal 'Masterful pacing' 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 'Unsettling, moving, sad, hopeful
and hopeless ... it's rich and it's sharp and it's cynical and
sentimental all at once' NB Magazine 'A complex, layered plot in
which human tragedy and mystery combine to play out beautifully in
a classic Nordic noir with a touch of Christie' Live & Deadly
For fans of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, Jorn Lier Horst, Harlan
Coben and Jussi Adler-Olse
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 _________________ September
1977. Mette Misvaer, 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. _________________ 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 Wolves at the Door is 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 Bates
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Wolves at the Door (Paperback)
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The wolves are no longer in the dark ... they are at his door. And
they want vengeance ... The next instalment in the international,
bestselling Varg Veum series by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir
... 'One of the finest Nordic novelists - in the tradition of
Henning Menkell' Barry Forshaw, Independent 'Masterful pacing'
Publishers Weekly 'Mature and captivating' Herald Scotland 'The
Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo _________________ One dark January
night a car drives at high speed towards PI Varg Veum, and comes
very close to killing him. Veum is certain this is no accident,
following so soon after the deaths of two jailed men who were
convicted for their participation in a case of child pornography
and sexual assault ... crimes that Veum himself once stood wrongly
accused of committing. While the guilty men were apparently killed
accidentally, Varg suspects that there is something more sinister
at play ... and that he's on the death list of someone still at
large. Fearing for his life, Veum begins to investigate the old
case, interviewing the victims of abuse and delving deeper into the
brutal crimes, with shocking results. The wolves are no longer in
the dark ... they are at his door. _________________ Praise for
Gunnar Staalesen '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 'Almost forty years into the Varg Veum odyssey,
Staalesen is at the height of his storytelling powers' Crime
Fiction Lover 'Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the
finest of Nordic novelists' Financial Times 'Chilling and perilous
results - all told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday 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 'Not many books hook you
in the first chapter - this one did, and never let go!' Mari Hannah
'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 Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping read'
LoveReading 'Haunting, dark and totally noir, a great read' New
Books Magazine
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Big Sister (Paperback)
Gunnar Staalesen; Translated by Don Bartlett
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Recently widowed and caring for his young son, Andy Boyd thinks his
life is over, until he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Anna. And
that was his first mistake ... A startling, emotive and stark
psychological thriller from one of Scotland's bestselling crime
writers... 'A stark, gripping storyline' Scots 'Strong female
characters, honest, pithy dialogue and ever-present empathy for the
victims make this a deeply satisfying read' Sunday Times 'Vivid,
visceral and compulsive' Ian Rankin _________________ Some secrets
should never be kept... Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man
alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in
childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true
love. Then he meets Anna. Feisty, fun and beautiful, she's his
perfect match ... and she loves his son like he is her own. When
Andy ends up in the hospital on his wedding night, he receives his
first clue that Anna is not all that she seems. Desperate for that
happy-ever-after, he ignores it. A dangerous mistake that could
cost him everything. A brave, deeply moving, page-turning
psychological thriller, A Suitable Lie marks a stunning departure
for one of Scotland's finest crime writers, exploring the lengths
people will go to hide their deepest secrets, even if it kills
them... _________________ 'Malone tackles the taboo subject of
female violence against men with insight and compassion (for Anna
is no one-dimensional witch), while creating all the hallmarks of a
fine, page-turning psychological thriller' Daily Mail 'A mystery
involving some disturbing account anomalies at Andy's bank is
appropriately overshadowed by Malone's painful depiction of a man
in turmoil' Publishers Weekly 'It's a tough high-wire act,
balancing believability with surprise, but the author pulls it off
with aplomb. Excellent stuff' Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue
'Disturbing but compulsive ... I loved it' Martina Cole 'Bristling
with unease, this is domestic noir at its very darkest, twisting
the marriage thriller into a new and troubling shape' Eva Dolan 'A
deeply personal thriller that will keep the reader turning those
pages, with twists and turns designed to keep the heart pumping'
Russel D. McLean 'A tightly wound page-turner with real emotional
punch' Rod Reynolds 'A dark and unnerving psychological thriller
that draws you deep into the lives of the characters and refuse to
let go' Caroline Mitchell 'A chilling tale of the unexpected that
journeys right into the dark heart of domesticity' Marnie Riches
'Emotionally intelligent and engaging' Caro Ramsay 'A story that I
won't forget in a hurry. Malone is a massive talent' Luca Veste 'A
disturbing and realistic portrayal of domestic noir with a twist
... a shocking yet compelling read' Mel Sherratt 'Malone perfectly
balances storytelling with a brutal commentary on a dysfunctional
relationship' Sarah Ward
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Wolves in the Dark (Paperback)
Gunnar Staalesen; Translated by Don Bartlett
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On the path to self-destruction after the death of his girlfriend,
things take a turn for the worse, when child pornography is found
on Varg Veum's computer and he must battle to prove his innocence
... the chilling new instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum
series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir. 'Mature and
captivating' Rosemary Goring, Herald Scotland 'Moving,
uncompromising' Publishers Weekly _________________ Reeling from
the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum's life has descended
into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and
blackouts. When traces of child pornography are found on his
computer, he's accused of being part of a paedophile ring and
thrown into a prison cell. There, he struggles to sift through his
past to work out who is responsible for planting the material ...
and who is seeking the ultimate revenge. When a chance to escape
presents itself, Varg finds himself on the run in his hometown of
Bergen. With the clock ticking and the police on his tail, Varg
takes on his hardest - and most personal - case yet. Dark, emotive
and compulsive, Wolves in the Dark is the absorbing, shocking next
instalment in the addictive Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers
of Nordic Noir. _________________ 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 'Chilling and perilous results - all
told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday 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 'Not many books hook you in the
first chapter - this one did, and never let go!' Mari Hannah '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 Wolves at the Door is 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 Bates
Varg Veum takes on the perplexing case of a missing wind-farm
inspector and gets more than he bargained for, as religious
zealots, environmental terrorism and then murder take centre stage
... The gripping next instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum
series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir. 'Not many books hook
you in the first chapter - this one did, and never let go!' Mari
Hannah 'Mature and captivating' Rosemary Goring, Herald Scotland
'Moving, uncompromising' Publishers Weekly _________________ 1998.
Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend
Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful
reminder of the mistakes he's made. Investigating the seemingly
innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector, Varg Veum is
thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career,
riddled with conflicts, environmental terrorism, religious
fanaticism, unsolved mysteries and dubious business ethics. Then,
in one of the most heart-stopping scenes in crime fiction, the
first body appears... A chilling, timeless story of love, revenge
and desire, We Shall Inherit the Wind deftly weaves contemporary
issues with a stunning plot that will leave you gripped to the
final page. This is Staalesen at his most thrilling,
thought-provoking best. _________________ 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 'Chilling and
perilous results - all told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday 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 Wolves at the Door
is 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 Bates
'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo 'One of my very favourite
Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin MORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD
WORLDWIDE An unbearably tense thriller of revenge, murder,
bereavement and the destructive force of passion It is at their
'torture chamber', a hut in the pinewoods nearby, that Varg Veum,
Private Investigator, first encounters the gang's pathetic but
deadly ferocity. Eight-year-old Roar's bicycle had been stolen and
not an adult in sight dared retrieve it. But that preliminary brush
with youthful violence is nothing compared to what awaited Veum
when he got to know Roar's blue-eyed, shy yet sensuous mother,
Wenche Andresen, and her estranged husband, Jonas. Veum's attempts
to break up Joker and his pack of young thugs by enlisting the help
of the local youth club leader proves a dead end. But not so dead
as the man who found lying prone with a knife in his back on the
floor of Andresen's flat. Yours Until Death is an unbearably tense
novel of revenge and murder about marriage, childhood, bereavement
and the destructive force of passion. First published in Norwegian
in 1979, it was described by the critic Nils Nordberg as 'one of
the finest, most serious, most ambitious books in post-war
Norwegian crime writing'. Translated from the Norwegian by Margaret
Amassian
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Fallen Angels (Paperback)
Gunnar Staalesen; Translated by Don Bartlett
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Ever-dogged Bergen PI Varg Veum is forced to dig deep into his own
past as he investigates the murder of a former classmate. Vintage,
classic Nordic Noir from international bestselling author Gunnar
Staalesen. 'A vibrant look at the life, loves and betrayals of the
past and the ways in which their tentacles cling, never letting you
go' John Harvey 'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian
Rankin 'Masterful pacing' Publishers Weekly ***Now a major TV
series starring Trond Espen Seim*** ________________ Exploring his
own dark memories may be the only way to find a killer... When
Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former
classmate on a sleet-grey December afternoon, he's unexpectedly
reunited with his old friend Jakob - guitarist of the once-famous
1960s rock band The Harpers - and his estranged wife, Rebecca,
Veum's first love. Their rekindled friendship is thrown into
jeopardy by the discovery of a horrific murder, and Veum is forced
to dig deep into his own adolescence and his darkest memories, to
find a motive ... and a killer. Tense, vivid and deeply unsettling,
Fallen Angels is the spellbinding, award-winning thriller that
secured Gunnar Staalesen's reputation as one of the world's
foremost crime writers. ________________ Praise for Gunnar
Staalesen 'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning
Mankell and Jo Nesbo' Independent 'Well worth reading, with the
rest of Staalesen's award-winning series' New York Journal of Books
'Staalesen continually reminds us why he is one of the finest of
Nordic novelists' Financial Times 'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo
'Not many books hook you in the first chapter - this one did, and
never let go!' Mari Hannah 'Chilling and perilous results - all
told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday 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 'Gunnar Staalesen is a master of the PI genre, and with
Fallen Angels he is at the top of his game' Live Many Lives 'It is
a story full of mystery, of uncertainty and threat ... a truly
thought-provoking read' Jen Med's Book Reviews
This is one of Scandinavia's top crime writers in the tradition of
Henning Mankell. It was one of those days in February of which
there are far too many, despite its being the shortest month of the
year. February is the year's parenthesis. The tax forms have
already been sent in and the tourist season has not yet started:
there is nothing on the schedule. Greyish-brown slush lay in the
gutters and the hills around the city were barely visible through
the fog. Like the golden buttons on the waistcoat of a forgotten
snowman, you could just make out the lights of the funicular up the
hillside and the street lamps were lit even in the middle of the
day...In this crime drama detective Varg Veum's adventures lead him
into a dark world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn
into drugs and prostitution. The situation worsens when the local
judge is discovered in a luxury hotel, dead and clad only in
women's lingerie. Called in by anxious parents to look for a
missing daughter and explain the judge's death, Varg finds clues
that lead him only deeper into Bergen's criminal underworld.
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Cold Hearts (Paperback)
Gunnar Staalesen; Translated by Don Bartlett
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'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo 'One of my very favourite
Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin MORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD
WORLDWIDE A dramatic, poetic and page-turning thriller from
Norway's most dazzling crime writer. On a frosty January day in
Bergen, Private Detective Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her
friend Margrethe has disappeared and hasn't been seen for days.
Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she'd turned
away a customer and returned to the neighbourhood in terror.
Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with a brutal,
uneasy reality. He soon finds the first body - and it won't be the
last either. His investigation leads him into a dark subculture
where corrupted idealism has had deadly consequences. Dark secrets
lurk everywhere, as the murky pattern of wounded people, worm-eaten
lives, and hearts long grown cold proves deadly . . . for someone.
Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
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