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Epiphany – THE GOLDING

Epiphany – THE GOLDING
  • Author(s): Sonya Deanna Terry
  • Location(s): Oslo, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Modern

A MYSTICAL FOREST . . . AN ANCIENT PROPHECY . . . A LOVE THAT SPANS LIFETIMES Free-spirited book-club founder, Rosetta, and polished traditionalist, Matthew, are yet to meet and have little in common, but time-travelling sprites from a...

Echoes of the City

Echoes of the City
  • Author(s): Lars Saabye Christensen
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Post WW2

A jewel of modern Norwegian literature now hailed as Lars Saabye Christensen’s crowning achievement – an intricate and utterly compelling narrative. Christensen is one of Scandinavia’s finest and most celebrated storytellers, who has devoted the best part of his...

Killed

Killed
  • Author(s): Thomas Enger
  • Location(s): Oslo, Norway
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Crime reporter Henning Juul thought his life was over when his young son was murdered. But that was only the beginning… Determined to find his son’s killer, Henning doggedly follows an increasingly dangerous trail, where dark hands from the...

Son

Son
  • Author(s): Johana Gustawsson, Thomas Enger
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Everyone here is lying… Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her young son, who disappeared on his birthday,...

The Courier

The Courier
  • Author(s): Kjell Ola Dahl
  • Location(s): Oslo, Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Thriller

In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero, Gerhard...

The Ice Swimmer

The Ice Swimmer
  • Author(s): Kjell Ola Dahl
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Noir, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a dead man is lifted from the freezing waters of Oslo Harbour just before Christmas, Detective Lena Stigersand’s stressful life suddenly becomes even more complicated. Not only is she dealing with a cancer scare, a stalker and an...

Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever
  • Author(s): Alex Dahl
  • Location(s): Oslo, Telemark
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Alone and isolated in a vast Scandinavian forest, a therapist begins to read her client’s novel manuscript, only to discover the main character is terrifyingly familiar…   You are her therapist. Kristina is a successful therapist in central Oslo....

Nemesis (Harry Hole 4)

Nemesis (Harry Hole 4)
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

This is in fact No. 4 in the series, as Batman and Cockroaches (1 and 2)are not available in English. Harry Hole and his team are in a race against time to crack the identity of a violent bank...

The Redbreast (Harry Hole 3)

The Redbreast (Harry Hole 3)
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

This is in fact No. 3 in the series, as Batman and Cockroaches (1 and 2)are not available in English. So it is here that the reader must start. Harry Hole follows up an idea about a deadly sniping...

Toxic

Toxic
  • Author(s): Helga Flatland
  • Location(s): Oslo, Telemark
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020

When Mathilde is forced to leave her teaching job in Oslo after her relationship with eighteen-year-old Jacob is exposed, she flees to the countryside for a more authentic life. Her new home is a quiet cottage on the outskirts...

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