Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Wolves In The Dark
by Gunnar Staalesen
Description
Reeling from the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum’s life has descended into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and blackouts.When traces of child pornography are found on his computer, he’s accused of being part of a paedophile ring and thrown into a prison cell. There, he struggles to sift through his past to work out who is responsible for planting the material ... and who is seeking the ultimate revenge.When a chance to escape presents itself, Varg finds himself on the run in his hometown of Bergen. With the clock ticking and the police on his tail, Varg takes on his hardest –and most personal –case yet.Chilling, shocking and exceptionally gripping, Wolves in the Darkreaffirms Gunnar Staalesenas one of the world’s foremost thr
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Bestselling author (20K in print; 45K in ebook), recently rebranded; sold over 4 million books worldwide•New TV series in production with Norwegian, German & UK partners•Appearing at CrimeFest &Edinburghwith two 1-week tours •Prestigious launch at the Norwegian Ambassador’s r
Endorsements
‘Gunnar Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means 'wolf' in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teeth’ Ian Rankin• ‘ANorwegian Chandler’ Jo Nesbo•‘Gunnar Staalesen was writing suspenseful and socially conscious Nordic Noir long before any of today's Swedish crime writers had managed to put together a single book page ... one of Norway's most skillful storytellers’ JohanTheorin • ‘With its exploration of family dynamics and the complex web of human behaviour, Staalesen’s novel echoes the great California author Ross MacDonald’s Lew Archer mysteries ... mature and captivating’ Herald Scotland• ‘Norwegian master Staalesen is an author who eschews police procedural narratives for noirish private eye pieces ... with some abrasive social commentary’ Financial Time
Author Biography
Gunnar Staalesenwas born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of 22 with Seasons of Innocenceand in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over 20 titles, which have been published in 24 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 Epsen Seim. Staalesen, who has won three Golden Pistols (including the Prize of Honour), lives in Bergen with his wife. When Prince Charlesvisited Bergen, Staalesen was appointed his official tour guide. There is a life-sized statue of Varg Veum in the centre of Bergen, and a host of Varg Veum memorabilia for sale.We Shall Inherit the Windand Where Roses Never Diewere both international bestsellers.Don Bartlettis the foremost translator of Norwegian, responsible for the mult-award-winning, bestselling books by Jo Nesbo, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Per Pettersen. It is rare to have a translator who is as well-known and highly regarded as the author
Orenda Books
Orenda is an UK based independant publisher, producing beautiful, unforgettable literary fiction, with an emphasis on crime and thrillers, half in translation.
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- Publisher Orenda Books
- Publication Date June 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781910633168
- FormatPaperback
- Pages276
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesVarg Veum
- Series Part3
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