Varg Veum is persuaded to take on the case of a missing teenager, by a half-sister he didnt know he had, in a case that quickly becomes personal A dark, chilling and startling relevant new instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir. ***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year*** Staalesen continually reminds us why he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists Barry Forshaw, Financial Times Chilling and perilous Sunday Times
Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist Wall Street Journal
Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her god-daughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously.
Veums investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered-up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads to a gang of extreme bikers on the hunt for a group of people whose dark deeds are hidden by the anonymity of the Internet. And then things get personal
Chilling, shocking and exceptionally gripping, Big Sister reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the worlds foremost thriller writers.
Praise for Gunnar Staalesen 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
Chilling and perilous results all told in a pleasingly dry style Sunday 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 its 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 Not many books hook you in the first chapter this one did, and never let go! Mari Hannah
With an expositional style that is all but invisible, Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages If youre a fan of Varg Veum, this is not to be missed, and if youre new to the series, this is one of the best ones. Youre 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 LoveReading
Haunting, dark and totally noir, a great read New Books Magazine
