Varg Veum #24: Bitter Flowers

Varg Veum #24: Bitter Flowers
Don Bartlett, Gunnar Staalesen
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 276pg
20 Jan 2022 UK
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9781913193089
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Fresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears, and the case of a missing child is revived. The classic Nordic Noir series continues. . . ' As searing and gripping as they come' New York Times ' One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin ' The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo ***Now a major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim*** ________________________ PI Varg Veum has returned to duty following a stint in rehab, but his new composure and resolution are soon threatened when a challenging assignment arrives on his desk. A man is found dead in an elite swimming pool and a young woman has gone missing. Most chillingly, Varg Veum is asked to investigate the ' Camilla Case' : an eight-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of a little girl, who was never found. As the threads of these apparently unrelated crimes come together, against the backdrop of a series of shocking environmental crimes, Varg Veum faces the most challenging, traumatic investigation of his career. ________________________ ' Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo' Independent ' Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists' Financial Times ' There are only two other writers that I know of have achieved the depth of insight in detective writing that Staalesen has: Chandler, and Ross MacDonald . . . ' Mystery Tribune ' Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist . . . simply superb' Wall Street Journal ' Masterful pacing' Publishers Weekly ' The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and it' s in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies' Herald Scotland ' Unsettling, moving, sad, hopeful and hopeless . . . it' s rich and it' s sharp and it' s cynical and sentimental all at once' NB Magazine ' A complex, layered plot in which human tragedy and mystery combine to play out beautifully in a classic Nordic noir with a touch of Christie' Live & Deadly

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#02: Yours Until Death
#03: Writing on the Wall, The
#04: Consorts of Death, The
#05: Cold Hearts
#06: We Shall Inherit the Wind
#07: Where Roses Never Die
#08: Wolves in the Dark
#09: Big Sister
#10: Wolves at the Door
#23: Fallen Angels
#24: Bitter Flowers

One of the fathers of Nordic Noir, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over twenty titles, which have been published in twenty-four countries and sold over four million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Espen Seim. Staalesen has won three Golden Pistols (including the Prize of Honour) and Where Roses Never Die won the 2017 Petrona Award for Nordic Crime Fiction, and Big Sister was shortlisted in 2019. He lives with his wife in Bergen. Don Bartlett completed an MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and has since worked with a wide variety of Danish and Norwegian authors, including Jo Nesbo and Gunnar Staalesen' s Varg Veum series: We Shall Inherit the Wind, Wolves in the Dark and the Petrona award-winning Where Roses Never Die. He also translated Faithless, the previous book in Kjell Ola Dahl' s Oslo Detective series for Orenda Books. He lives with his family in a village in Norfolk.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781913193089
Published: 20 Jan 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orenda Books
Publisher: Orenda Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 276

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