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The Christmas Lights

The Christmas Lights
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Norwegian Fjords
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern and 1930s

December 2018, and free-spirited influencers Bo Loxley and her partner Zac are living a life of wanderlust, travelling the globe and sharing their adventures with their millions of fans. Booked to spend Christmas in the Norwegian fjords, they set...

The Christmas Mystery

The Christmas Mystery
  • Author(s): Jostein Gaarder
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

A magical Christmas story from the bestselling author of Sophie’s World In the corner of a dusty old bookstore, a boy named Joachim discovers a magic advent calendar. When he opens the first door on 1st December, a small...

The Ferryman and His Wife

The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Author(s): Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough (Translator)
  • Location(s): Norwegian Fjords
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

How would you spend your last day? And whom would you spend it with? Ferryman Nils Vik chooses to head out onto the fjord, as he has for many years. Today, the 18th of November, his trip is different....

The Final Murder

The Final Murder
  • Author(s): Anne Holt
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A TV talk-show star is found killed in her home, her tongue removed and left near to the body. When a second body, that of a prominent politician, is found crucified soon after, Superintendent Adam Stubo is called in...

The Ghouls of Calle Goya

The Ghouls of Calle Goya
  • Author(s): Owen Jones
  • Location(s): London, Fuengirola, Norway, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Horror
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When London banker Frank marries Joy, a spirited young Thai woman with dreams of sun-soaked Spain, a borrowed apartment in Fuengirola seems like the perfect wedding gift. But this quiet street on the Costa del Sol — Calle Goya...

The Good Bear

The Good Bear
  • Author(s): Sarah Lean, Fiona Woodcock (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

It’s the Christmas holidays and Thea is looking forward to spending them with her father. She can tell him all about her plans to become a writer, and maybe he’ll buy her the typewriter she’s been dreaming of. But...

The Guests

The Guests
  • Author(s): Agnes Ravatn
  • Location(s): Norwegian Fjords
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Married couple Karin and Kai are looking for a pleasant escape from their busy lives, and reluctantly accept an offer to stay in a luxurious holiday home in the Norwegian fjords. Instead of finding a relaxing retreat, however, their...

The Heirs of the Arctic

The Heirs of the Arctic
  • Author(s): Aslak Nore, Sean Kinsella (Translator)
  • Location(s): Norway, Svalbard
  • Genre(s): Noir, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2015

#2 Falck Saga December 2015. Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core. Hans Falck, who had most to gain from the contentious will, lingers in a hospital bed in...

The Human Flies

The Human Flies
  • Author(s): Hans Olav Lahlum
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1960s

Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first...

The Ice Palace

The Ice Palace
  • Author(s): Tarjei Vesaas
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

‘She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her’ The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls, sparkling towers and...

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