Awards

• Short-listed for Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2017
• Shortlisted for Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2017.

Overview

September 1977. Mette Misvãr, 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.

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'One of the finest Nordic novelists - in the tradition of Henning Mankell.' -- The Independent 'Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors and this is a series with very sharp teeth.' -- Ian Rankin, bestselling author of Knots And Crosses

'One of the finest Nordic novelists - in the tradition of Henning Mankell.' -- The Independent 'Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors and this is a series with very sharp teeth.' -- Ian Rankin

Author Information

Gunnar Staalesen (born 19 October 1947 in Bergen) is a Norwegian writer. Staalesen has a Cand philol. degree from Universitetet i Bergen and he has worked at Den Nationale Scene, the main theater in Bergen. Staalesen's is best known for his crime novels involving private detective Varg Veum. Colin Mace is a British Film and TV and theatre actor who has appeared in Last Night in Soho, Cyrano, Military Wives and the recent Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. His TV credits include Slow Horses, A Spy Among Friends, The Diplomat and the new series Sexy Beast based on the iconic film. He has also appeared on stage in War Horse, Othello, 39 Steps and One Man Two Guvnors. Colin has also lent his voice to numerous audiobooks including the Marc Dane series by James Swallow, The Scott Mariani series, the DC Wolff thrillers by Tony Parsons and The Hostage by James Patterson.

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