Wolves at the Door

Description

One dark January night a car drives at high speed towards PI Varg Veum, and comes very close to killing him. Veum is certain this is no accident, following so soon after the deaths of two jailed men who were convicted for their participation in a case of child pornography and sexual assault ... crimes that Veum himself once stood wrongly accused of committing. While the guilty men were apparently killed accidentally, Varg suspects that there is something more sinister at play ... and that he's on the death list of someone still at large. Fearing for his life, Veum begins to investigate the old case, interviewing the victims of abuse and delving deeper into the brutal crimes, with shocking results. The wolves are no longer in the dark ... they are at his door. And they want vengeance.

One of the fathers of the Nordic Noir genre, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He is the author of over twenty-three titles, which have been published in twenty-six countries and sold over 5 million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim, and a further series is currently being filmed. Staalesen, who has won three Golden Pistols (including the Prize of Honour) and the Petrona Award, and been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger, lives in Bergen with his wife.

"A Norwegian Chandler." --Jo Nesbo "This is a series with very sharp teeth." --Ian Rankin "Terrific. . . .Like Raymond Chandler, Staalesen creates intense emotion through dialogue and description, but his altogether Norwegian focus forces home a substantial social message: ignoring the past is inevitably tragic." --Publishers Weekly starred review of Big Sister "Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists." --Financial Times "Not many books hook you in the first chapter--this one did, and never let go!" --Mari Hannah, author, The Insider "Chilling and perilous results--all told in a pleasingly dry style." --Sunday Times "Almost forty years into the Varg Veum odyssey, Staalesen is at the height of his storytelling powers." --Crime Fiction Lover "Raymond Chandler fans won't want to miss this one." -- Publishers Weekly "A strong dose of noir." -- Booklist "an excellent noir thriller." -- Foreword Reviews