Wolves at the door

Wolves at the door

Gunnar Staalesen, 1947-

Book - 2019

"One dark January night a car drives at high speed towards PI Varg Veum, and comes very close to killing him. Veum is certain this is no accident, following so soon after the deaths of two jailed men who were convicted for their participation in a case of child pornography and sexual assault ... crimes that Veum himself once stood wrongly accused of committing. While the guilty men were apparently killed accidentally, Varg suspects that there is something more sinister at play ... and that he's on the death list of someone still at large. Fearing for his life, Veum begins to investigate the old case, interviewing the victims of abuse and delving deeper into the brutal crimes, with shocking results. The wolves are no longer in the ...dark ... they are at his door. And they want vengeance."--Publisher description.

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Subjects
Veum, Varg > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Norway > Bergen > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Norway > Bergen > Fiction.
Bergen (Norway) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Noir fiction.
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Noir fiction
Published
London : Orenda Books 2019.
Language
English
Norwegian
Main Author
Gunnar Staalesen, 1947- (author)
Other Authors
Don Bartlett (translator)
Item Description
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com.
Translated from the Norwegian.
"First published in Norwegian as Utenfor er hundene by Gyldendal, 2018"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
260 pages : map, illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781912374410
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Varg Veum, whose Old Norse--derived name connotes "an outlaw," prowls the mean streets of contemporary Bergen, Norway, in Staalesen's searing 21st novel featuring the world-weary PI and former child welfare officer (after 2018's Big Sister). Veum abandoned social work because he lost faith in his country's ability to help children caught up in "pure evil," but only 16 months earlier, he was arrested then found innocent of possessing child pornography. Now, after being nearly killed in a hit-and-run, he's stubbornly tracking those responsible for the murders of other men similarly arrested and likely guilty of the same crime. Though often depressed, Veum doggedly pursues "life's many shadowy beasts," aided by "new Norwegian" Ghulam Mohammed and Tønsberg lawyer Svend Foyn. Eventually, Veum discovers who's lying--nearly everyone--in this bleak parable of disintegrating Norwegian cultural values. Raymond Chandler fans won't want to miss this one. Agent: Anne Cathrine Eng, Gyldendal Agency (Norway). (Jan.)

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