Bitter Flowers

Fresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears, and the case of a missing child is revived. The classic Nordic Noir series continues…<BR><BR>‘As searing and gripping as they come’ New York Times<BR> <BR>‘One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors’ Ian Rankin<BR><BR>‘The Norwegian Chandler’ Jo Nesbø<BR> <BR>***Now a major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim***<BR><BR>________________________<BR><BR>PI Varg Veum has returned to duty following a stint in rehab, but his new composure and resolution are soon threatened when a challenging assignment arrives on his desk.<BR><BR>A man is found dead in an elite swimming pool and a young woman has gone missing. Most chillingly, Varg Veum is asked to investigate the ‘Camilla Case’: an eight-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of a little girl, who was never found.<BR><BR>As the threads of these apparently unrelated crimes come together, against the backdrop of a series of shocking environmental crimes, Varg Veum faces the most challenging, traumatic investigation of his career.<BR><BR>________________________<BR> <BR>'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø' Independent<BR><BR>‘Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists’ Financial Times<BR> <BR>‘There are only two other writers that I know of have achieved the depth of insight in detective writing that Staalesen has: Chandler, and Ross MacDonald …’ Mystery Tribune<BR> <BR>‘Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist … simply superb’ Wall Street Journal<BR><BR>‘Masterful pacing’ Publishers Weekly<BR> <BR>'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and it’s in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies’ Herald Scotland<BR> <BR>‘Unsettling, moving, sad, hopeful and hopeless … it’s rich and it’s sharp and it’s cynical and sentimental all at once’ NB Magazine<BR> <BR>‘A complex, layered plot in which human tragedy and mystery combine to play out beautifully in a classic Nordic noir with a touch of Christie’ Live & Deadly<BR> <BR>For fans of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, Jorn Lier Horst, Harlan Coben and Jussi Adler-Olse

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