The Bird Tribunal

Author(s): Agnes Ravatn

Location(s): Norway

Genre(s): Thriller

Era(s): Modern

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TV presenter Allis Hagtorn leaves her partner and her job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. But her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not all that it seems, and her silent, surly employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. As they await the return of his wife from her travels, their silent, uneasy encounters develop into a chilling, obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough.

Haunting, consuming and powerful, The Bird Tribunal is a taut, exquisitely written psychological thriller that builds to a shocking, dramatic crescendo that will leave you breathless.

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Tense Norwegian Thriller

Author: nickimags

Allis a former television presenter finds herself as a housekeeper for Bagge, a moody secretive man living in a forest near a fjord. He tells her his wife will be away for sometime and he needs her to took...

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Author: tripfiction

The Bird Tribunal is a beautifully written, and beautifully translated, psychological thriller set in Norway. Brooding tension builds right from the beginning of the book through to its dramatic climax. Allis Hagtorn is 32. She was a successful TV presenter,...

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