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Phantom

Phantom
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

THE MURDER HAS BEEN SOLVED. BUT HAS JUSTICE BEEN DONE? Harry Hole is back in Oslo. He’s been away for some time, but his ghosts have a way of catching up with him. The case that brings him back...

A Modern Family

A Modern Family
  • Author(s): Helga Flatland
  • Location(s): Oslo, Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2016 - 2018

The Norwegian Anne Tyler makes her English debut in a beautiful, bittersweet novel of regret, relationships and rare psychological insights… ‘There is a hint of Ingmar Bergman in this portrayal of a completely normal family, it delves deep and...

Epiphany – THE SILVERING

Epiphany – THE SILVERING
  • Author(s): Sonya Deanna Terry
  • Location(s): Christchurch, Cornwall, Oslo, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Modern, Pre-History, 18th century

A RETURN TO THE CURRENCY OF KINDNESS The story-within-a-story continues and a sequence of stunning revelations unfolds in Epiphany’s gripping conclusion. The 2008 Global Financial Crisis is looming, a time of losses for some in Rosetta’s circle, and the...

Police

Police
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The police urgently need Harry Hole A killer is stalking Oslo’s streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this...

The Heart Keeper

The Heart Keeper
  • Author(s): Alex Dahl
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

How do you mend a broken heart? It’s been three months since Alison Miller-Juul’s world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, died in an accident. Three months of sympathy cards, grief counselling and gritting her teeth, but it’s...

The Therapist

The Therapist
  • Author(s): Helene Flood
  • Location(s): Norway, Oslo
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

At first it’s the lie that hurts. A voicemail from her husband tells Sara he’s arrived at the holiday cabin. Then a call from his friend confirms he never did. She tries to carry on as normal, teasing out...

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
  • Author(s): Anne Holt
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

The Oslo police are baffled. Crime scenes are being found covered with blood, but there is no victim. Only an odd series of numbers is left behind. When a girl is brutally raped in her apartment, Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen...

Blind Goddess

Blind Goddess
  • Author(s): Anne Holt
  • Location(s): Norway, Oslo
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

A drug dealer is battered to death in the outskirts of Oslo. A young Dutch student, covered in blood, walks aimlessly through the streets of central Oslo. He is taken into custody, but refuses to speak. Five days later...

Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow
  • Author(s): Jo Nesbo
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you ‘fix’ people for a living – terminally – it’s hard to get close to anyone. Now he’s finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems....

Burned

Burned
  • Author(s): Thomas Enger
  • Location(s): Oslo
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Brutalised Victim in the Wilds: A solitary tent is found to contain the body of a half-buried woman. She’s been stoned to death. There are lash marks across her back. One of her hands has been cut off....

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