A fascinating Nordic Noir crime story that follows the traumatised police officer Vitus Emmental from icy-cold Svalbard to hectic New York, in pursuit of the killer who destroyed his family.

When seven bodies are discovered in an abandoned hunting lodge on Svalbard, Vitus Emmental’s world crashes. It turns out that his parents are among the dead found in the lodge, and that his mother was murdered. For the past twelve years, he has believed that they perished in a capsizing accident while on holiday. How did his parents end up in the lodge? Who killed his mother? And what happened to his brother?

At the same time, a young boy is murdered in New York and all clues point to a perpetrator who was said to have drowned in the same accident as Vitus’ family.

Vitus decides to solve the mystery of his mother’s death, the capsizing accident and the murder of the young boy. By his side is the talented and charming forensic scientist Alma Engelbrecht. Soon he’s involved in a frantic hunt for a cold-blooded killer, and for the truth. A truth someone has tried desperately to hide.

The Shadow Guest is the first book in a planned series about police detective Vitus Emmental.

Lazy-Bones is the second book in the series. Release date TBA.