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Jon Michelet was one of the foremost Norwegian writers with a large body of literary work behind him; novels, plays, children's books, crime novels and debate books. He is also renowned in Norway for his strong commitment to a number of political and cultural causes. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, sailor and editor. He twice won the Riverton Prize for Best Norwegian Crime Novel. Sadly Jon passed away in April 2018. Don Bartlett lives in Norfolk and works as a freelance translator of Scandinavian literary fiction. He has translated, or co-translated, Norwegian novels by Lars Saabye Christensen, Roy Jacobsen, Ingvar Ambjornsen, Kjell Ola Dahl, Gunnar Staalesen, Pernille Rygg, and Jo Nesbo.<em>The Frozen Woman</em> is shortlisted for the <strong>CWA International Dagger 2018 Award</strong>. Winners will be announced in London on October 25th. The shortlists were also mentioned in the July 30, 2018 issue of <strong>Shelf Awareness.</strong>
Jo Nesbø fans will welcome this pithy chronicle of crime and retribution
Publishers Weekly
fine, twisting mystery
- John Williams, Mail On Sunday
A sophisticated and elegantly entertaining shard-sharp slice of Nordic noir that will be surely be devoured by aficionados of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell
- Joanne Owen, Lovereading
I am sure that UK readers will enjoy meeting one of the central Norwegian crime writers of the last forty years in one of his best books
- Gunnar Staalesen, Eurolitnetwork
TWO TIME WINNER OF NORWAY'S BEST CRIME NOVEL
A FROZEN BODY
A MURDERED BIKER
A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST
A FROZEN BODY... A MURDERED BIKER... A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST
In the depths of the Norwegian winter, the corpse of a woman is discovered in the garden of a notorious left-wing lawyer, Vilhelm Thygesen. She has been stabbed to death.
A young biker, a member of a gang once represented by Thygesen, dies in suspicious circumstances.
As Thygesen receives anonymous threats, investigating detectives Stribolt and Vaage uncover a web of crime and violence extending far beyond Norway's borders.
Does the frozen woman hold the key?
In the depths of the Norwegian winter, the corpse of a woman is discovered in the garden of a notorious left-wing lawyer, Vilhelm Thygesen. She has been stabbed to death.A young biker, a member of a gang once represented by Thygesen, dies in suspicious circumstances.As Thygesen receives anonymous threats, investigating detectives...