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Medusa (Oslo Crime Files 1): A sleek, gripping psychological thriller that will keep you hooked
Torkil Damhaug
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Description for Medusa (Oslo Crime Files 1): A sleek, gripping psychological thriller that will keep you hooked
Paperback. Intense psychological crime from the Norwegian bestselling author, in the tradition of Camilla Lackberg Translator(s): Ferguson, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 353 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
The first novel in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo. 'Sleek and cunning' Evening Standard A woman vanishes from a forest near Oslo. Days later her body is found, seemingly mauled and maimed by a bear. When another woman is reported missing and then found dead with the same scratches and bites, police find the link between them is local doctor, Axel Glenne. Forensics reveal the women were murdered and a net of suspicion tightens around Axel, who is convinced his twin brother Brede is responsible. But no one has seen him for years and if Axel is to prove his innocence, he needs to find Brede. And fast. But there isn't a single photograph of the brothers together and neither Axel's wife nor his children has ever met a man called Brede ... Praise for international bestseller Torkil Damhaug: 'Delivered with maximum psychological intensity' Barry Forshaw, Independent 'Nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller' Evening Standard
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Oslo Crime Files
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472206831
SKU
V9781472206831
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Ref
99-10
About Torkil Damhaug
Torkil Damhaug studied literature and anthropology in Bergen, and then medicine in Oslo, specialising in psychiatry. After working as a psychiatrist for many years, he now writes full time. Torkil lives with his wife and children near Oslo.
Reviews for Medusa (Oslo Crime Files 1): A sleek, gripping psychological thriller that will keep you hooked
The book delivers surprises up to the very last moment ... Damhaug knows the art of telling a spellbinding crime story
Jyllands-Posten, Denmark 3
Damhaug's new thriller is an exciting, original and disturbing novel with intriguing nuance and depth
VG
Damhaug sneaks right up to the cutting edge with his new thriller
Dagsavisen
A novel about blame and guilt, about revenge and rage, about fantasies and frustrations - there are many powerful emotions and experiences in wait for the reader, too... Not a novel to pass up
Dagbladet
One of the best-written and nerve-wracking works of crime fiction in a long time
Dagens Naeringsliv
Torkil Damhaug distinguishes himself through his attention-grabbing depictions of places and personalities. He has now taken his place in the top ranks of Norwegian crime fiction writers
Aftenposten
Nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller. The first in a series called the Oslo Crime Files, it is a more than promising debut
Mark Sanderson
Evening Standard
Delivered with maximum psychological intensity
Barry Forshaw
Independent
Jyllands-Posten, Denmark 3
Damhaug's new thriller is an exciting, original and disturbing novel with intriguing nuance and depth
VG
Damhaug sneaks right up to the cutting edge with his new thriller
Dagsavisen
A novel about blame and guilt, about revenge and rage, about fantasies and frustrations - there are many powerful emotions and experiences in wait for the reader, too... Not a novel to pass up
Dagbladet
One of the best-written and nerve-wracking works of crime fiction in a long time
Dagens Naeringsliv
Torkil Damhaug distinguishes himself through his attention-grabbing depictions of places and personalities. He has now taken his place in the top ranks of Norwegian crime fiction writers
Aftenposten
Nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller. The first in a series called the Oslo Crime Files, it is a more than promising debut
Mark Sanderson
Evening Standard
Delivered with maximum psychological intensity
Barry Forshaw
Independent