{"product_id":"9781910633090-where-roses-never-die","title":"Staalesen Gunnar - Where Roses Never Die - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: The 25 - year - old case of a missing girl sees Varg Veum dig deep into the past to find her kidnapper as the secrets and lies of a tiny community threaten everything Gunnar Staalesen's award - winning international bestselling Varg Veum series continues in this chilling Nordic Noir thriller. *** Winner of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year*** Mature and captivating Herald Scotland One of the finest Nordic novelists in the tradition of Henning Mankell Barry Forshaw Independent Masterful pacing Publishers Weekly _________________ September 1977. Mette Misv r a three - year - old girl disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny close middle - class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch suspicions are raised but Mette is never found. Almost 25 years later as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near Mette's mother approaches PI Varg Veum in a last desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig he uncovers an intricate web of secrets lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another brutal incident takes place a pattern begins to emerge Shocking unsettling and full of extraordinary twists and turns Where Roses Never Die reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world's foremost thriller writers. _________________ 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 the real turmoil of the characters lives just under the surface for the reader to intuit rather than have it spelled out for them Doug Johnstone The Big Issue 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 Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists Financial Times Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry Publishers Weekly 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 Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo Independent With an expositional style that is all but invisible Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages If you re a fan of Varg Veum this is not to be missed and if you re new to the series this is one of the best ones. You re encouraged to jump right in even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to follow Crime Fiction Lover With short smart darkly punchy chapters Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping read Love Reading Haunting dark and totally noir a great read New Books Magazine An upmarket Philip Marlowe Maxim Jakubowski The Bookseller Razor - edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finest Quentin Bates\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Where Roses Never Die\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Staalesen Gunnar\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781910633090\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 272 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Varg Veum\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Fiction In Translation","brand":"Staalesen Gunnar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49626378895665,"sku":"IN-G-9781910633090","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781910633090.jpg?v=1724911758","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781910633090-where-roses-never-die","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}