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Shark Drunk

Shark Drunk
  • Author(s): Morten Strøksnes
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Shark Drunk is, in part, the tale of two men in a very small boat on the trail of a very big fish. It is also a story of obsession, enchantment and adventure. A love song to the sea,...

Short Ride on a Fast Machine

Short Ride on a Fast Machine
  • Author(s): Magnus McGrandle
  • Location(s): London, Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st Century

Short Ride on A Fast Machine is a quirky and engaging caper, the story of a young cycle courier from London who goes on an improbable journey to Norway, to pick up a stuffed owl for a mysterious client....

Singles At Sea

Singles At Sea
  • Author(s): Elaine Spires
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Norway
  • Genre(s): Romance, Humour
  • Era(s): Present day

Book 4 in the Singles Series On a sunny afternoon at the end of July The Viking Queen sets sail in all her splendour from the London Cruise Centre at Tilbury, down the River Thames towards the sea at...

Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen
  • Author(s): Jørn Lier Horst, Thomas Enger
  • Location(s): Norway, Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren’t adding up … The second instalment in...

Snow Treasure

Snow Treasure
  • Author(s): Mary McSwigen, Mary Reardon (illustrator)
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Children
  • Era(s): WW2

In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom’s tiny Norwegian village and held it captive. Nobody thought the Nazis could be defeated–until Uncle Victor told Peter how the children could fool the enemy. It was...

Summer Island

Summer Island
  • Author(s): Natalie Normann
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 2017

Summer Island off the coast of Norway was the place London chef Jack Greene should have been from. He’s an outsider in the community that should have been his family, and now he’s setting foot on the strange land...

The Arctic Cruise

The Arctic Cruise
  • Author(s): Caroline James
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Current

Pack your bags for the adventure of a lifetime… From the #1 bestselling author of The Cruise, embark on an unforgettable journey and sail through Norway’s winter wonderlands to see the spectacular Northern Lights. ________ Will the Arctic wonderland...

The Assistant

The Assistant
  • Author(s): Kjell Ola Dahl
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Noir
  • Era(s): 1920s/30s

Oslo, 1938. War is in the air and Europe is in turmoil. Hitler’s Germany has occupied Austria and is threatening Czechoslovakia; there’s a civil war in Spain and Mussolini reigns in Italy. When a woman turns up at the...

The Boy Who Hit Play

The Boy Who Hit Play
  • Author(s): Chloe Daykin
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): N/A

‘It’s time,’ I say. ‘For … It. Me. You. Us. The bench. The zoo. The question. Why?’ The only thing that Elvis Crampton Lucas knows about where he’s from is that he was found on the bench at a...

The Cabin

The Cabin
  • Author(s): Jørn Lier Horst
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

15 years ago, Simon Meier walked out of his house and was never seen again. With no leads, the case quickly ran cold. Until now. Because one day ago, politician Bernard Clausen died. And in his cabin on the...

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