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Varg Veum takes on the perplexing case of a missing wind-farm inspector and gets more than he bargained for, as religious zealots, environmental terrorism and then murder take centre stage ⌠The gripping next instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir.
âNot many books hook you in the first chapter â this one did, and never let go!â Mari Hannah
âMature and captivatingâ Rosemary Goring, Herald Scotland
âMoving, uncompromisingâ Publishers Weekly
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1998. Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder of the mistakes heâs made.
Investigating the seemingly innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector, Varg Veum is thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career, riddled with conflicts, environmental terrorism, religious fanaticism, unsolved mysteries and dubious business ethics. Then, in one of the most heart-stopping scenes in crime fiction, the first body appearsâŚ
A chilling, timeless story of love, revenge and desire, We Shall Inherit the Wind deftly weaves contemporary issues with a stunning plot that will leave you gripped to the final page. This is Staalesen at his most thrilling, thought-provoking best.
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Praise for Gunnar Staalesen
‘There is a world-weary existential sadness that hangs over his central detective. The prose is stripped back and simple ⌠deep emotion bubbling under the surface â the real turmoil of the charactersâ lives just under the surface for the reader to intuit, rather than have it spelled out for themâ Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue
âGunnar 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 âwolf â in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teethâ Ian Rankin
âStaalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelistsâ Financial Times
âChilling and perilous results â all told in a pleasingly dry styleâ Sunday Times
âStaalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entryâ Publishers Weekly
‘The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and itâs in the quieter scenes that the real drama liesâ Herald Scotland
‘Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo’ Independent
âWith an expositional style that is all but invisible, Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages ⌠If youâre a fan of Varg Veum, this is not to be missed, and if youâre new to the series, this is one of the best ones. Youâre encouraged to jump right in, even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to followâ Crime Fiction Lover
âWith short, smart, darkly punchy chapters Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping readâ LoveReading
âHaunting, dark and totally noir, a great readâ New Books Magazine
âAn upmarket Philip Marloweâ Maxim Jakubowski, The Bookseller
âRazor-edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finestâ Quentin Bates
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