The Consorts of Death by Gunner Staalesen - ISBN: 9781906413385
Paperback
A detective’s past returns, a boy’s revenge ignites decades later.

The Consorts of Death

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  • Paperback

    335 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2014

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Summary

‘The Norwegian Chandler’ Jo Nesbo

‘One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors’ Ian Rankin

‘Staalesen’s most striking novel’ Independent

MORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE

September 1995. A phone call takes Verg Veum back 25 years to a case from when he was a working as a child protection officer in the summer of 1970. A small boy was separated from his mother under tragic circumstances, but it didn’t end there.

In 1974, the same boy surfaced…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781906413385
ISBN-10:190641338X
Author:Gunner Staalesen, Don Bartlett
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Arcadia Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:335
Release Date:15 May 2014
Weight:332g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 24mm
Series:Eurocrime
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Popular Norwegian series featuring private eye Varg Veum, an upmarket Scandinavian Philip Marlowe’

– Maxim Jakubowski * The Bookseller *

About The Author

Gunner Staalesen

GUNNAR STAALESEN was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over 20 titles, which have been published in 24 countries and sold over two million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim. Staalesen, who has twice won Norway’s top crime prize, the Golden Pistol, lives in Bergen with his wife.

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