{"product_id":"9781913193089","title":"Bitter Flowers: The breathtaking Nordic Noir thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears, and the case of a missing child is revived. The classic Nordic Noir series continues…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘As searing and gripping as they come’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors’ —\u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The Norwegian Chandler’ —\u003cb\u003eJo Nesbø\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***Now a major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PI Varg Veum has returned to duty following a stint in rehab, but his new composure and resolution are soon threatened when a challenging assignment arrives on his desk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A man is found dead in an elite swimming pool and a young woman has gone missing. Most chillingly, Varg Veum is asked to investigate the ‘Camilla Case’: an eight-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of a little girl, who was never found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the threads of these apparently unrelated crimes come together, against the backdrop of a series of shocking environmental crimes, Varg Veum faces the most challenging, traumatic investigation of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø' —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘There are only two other writers that I know of have achieved the depth of insight in detective writing that Staalesen has: Chandler, and Ross MacDonald …’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist … simply superb’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Masterful pacing’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '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’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Unsettling, moving, sad, hopeful and hopeless … it’s rich and it’s sharp and it’s cynical and sentimental all at once’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A complex, layered plot in which human tragedy and mystery combine to play out beautifully in a classic Nordic noir with a touch of Christie’ —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive \u0026amp; Deadly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43069769252925,"sku":"9781913193089","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781913193089_p0.jpg?v=1774721268","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781913193089","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}