{"product_id":"mirror-image-9781914585944","title":"Mirror Image","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took place thirty-six years earlier... A gripping instalment of the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  As searing and gripping as they come  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors  \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Norwegian Chandler  \u003cb\u003eJo Nesb \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ________________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bergen Private Investigator Varg Veum is perplexed when two wildly different cases cross his desk at the same time. A lawyer, anxious to protect her privacy, asks Varg to find her sister, who has disappeared with her husband, seemingly without trace, while a ship carrying unknown cargo is heading towards the Norwegian coast, and the authorities need answers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Varg immerses himself in the investigations, and it becomes clear that the two cases are linked, and have unsettling - and increasingly uncanny - similarities to events that took place thirty-six years earlier, when a woman and her saxophonist lover drove their car off a cliff, in an apparent double suicide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Varg is drawn into a complex case involving star-crossed lovers, toxic waste and illegal immigrants, history seems determined to repeat itself in perfect detail ... and at terrifying cost... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A chilling, dark and twisting story of love and revenge, Mirror Image is Staalesen at his most thrilling, thought-provoking best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ________________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesb   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist ... simply superb  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Masterful pacing  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesb , Jorn Lier Horst, Harlan Coben and Jussi Adler-Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914585944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276","brand":"Gunnar Staalesen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644099199157,"sku":"9781914585944","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_669f0fc0-71ef-4f56-9d65-ca3124f10199.jpg?v=1708446799","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mirror-image-9781914585944","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}