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The Son

The Son
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

SONNY’S ON THE RUN Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins. HE’S BEEN LIED TO HIS WHOLE LIFE But then one prisoner’s confession changes everything. He knows...

The Thirst

The Thirst
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THERE’S A NEW KILLER ON THE STREETS A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. AND HE’S OUT FOR BLOOD...

The Twisted Tree

The Twisted Tree
  • Author(s): Rachel Burge
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Part ghost story, part Nordic mystery – a creepy and chilling tale steeped in Norse myth, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Michelle Paver’s DARK MATTER. Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes,...

The Witches

The Witches
  • Author(s): Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (illustrator)
  • Location(s): Bournemouth, Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 1980s

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don’t ride around on broomsticks. They don’t even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So...

The Wolf

The Wolf
  • Author(s): Samuel Bjork, Charlotte Barslund (translator)
  • Location(s): Norway, Sweden
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural, Crime, Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It was one of Sweden’s most notorious unsolved cases: two young boys abducted and murdered, their bodies brutally, artistically arranged. But eight years later, when two other boys are found in similar circumstances, it looks like the killer might...

Time for Honesty

Time for Honesty
  • Author(s): Mette Barfelt
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to Solvik – a seemingly cozy little town on the Norwegian coast. It’s an idyllic place with old, white wooden houses, almost a touch of paradise. However, under the surface lays intrigues, jealousy, and rivalry, threatening to destroy...

Under a Parrot Sky

Under a Parrot Sky
  • Author(s): Rachel Delahaye
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Lily is devastated when her parents make her give up her sunshine-filled South African holiday to accompany them on a work trip to freezing Norway. Worse still, she has to stay with a family she’s never met and fit...

Victoria

Victoria
  • Author(s): Knut Hamsun
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

A miller’s son, Johannes, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Victoria. The novel follows them through adolescence, as Johannes struggles with the social hierarchy and becomes a successful author, and Victoria is forced into marrying...

We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
  • Author(s): David Howarth
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

If this story of espionage and survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously. But respected historian David A. Howarth confirmed the details of Jan Baalsrud’s riveting...

Where Blood Runs Cold

Where Blood Runs Cold
  • Author(s): Giles Kristian
  • Location(s): Arctic, Norway
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A heart-pounding survival thriller set in the starkly beautiful far north of Norway. Gripping and adrenalin-fuelled, yet also written with a tenderness that warms even the most chilling of chases.’ LUCY CLARKE, author of The Castaways Erik Amdahl and...

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