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The first in a superb new series from phenomenal author Geir Tangen, Requiem strikes a deliciously chilling chord.
Journalist Viljar Gudmundsson is no stranger to chilling stories. So when he receives an anonymous email in which the writer proclaims their intention to execute a woman for her unpunished crimes, he thinks the whole thing is a bad joke. Such things happen only in bad crime novels, after all. But the next day, the body of a woman is found, and Viljar receives a second email with another verdict from this self-proclaimed judge, jury, and executioner. Viljar joins forces with investigator Lotte Skeisvoll, who quickly realizes that the murderer is playing a deadly game with them. The clues are all pointing in the same direction, and the murders are strangely familiar …
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“Narrator Gerard Doyle uses his soft, elegant voice to narrate this deviously clever mystery…Doyle breathes life into the two protagonists: Lotte Skeisvoll, a detective heading her first murder investigation, and Viljar Ravn Gudnundsson, a burned-out journalist…Doyle’s genteel rendering belies the underlying horror of the mystery as it unfolds.”
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"[A] fine, dramatic performance..[with] .the way Doyle uses verbal mannerisms to differentiate between the characters and the way he doesn’t stumble over Norwegian character names…One of those books that is better on audio than it is in print.”
— Booklist (starred audio review) -
“A great and thrilling crime novel.”
— Kristeligt Dagblad (Copenhagen) -
“A magnificent crime debut…Well-composed, well-written, funny, and brutal…a great crime novel, with a few bold, unexpected twists.”
— Bok (5 stars) (Norway) -
“There are crime novels you simply have to read. Geir Tangen is a master in his own right.”
— Fyens Stiftstidene (Odense, Denmark) -
“True to the genre. A dark and slightly creepy thriller that fans of Henning Mankell and Arnaldur Indridason will appreciate.”
— Library Journal -
“This Gudmundsson and Skeisvoll series debut is a gripping, suitably atmospheric must-read for Scandinavian crime-fiction devotees; Tangen draws in scenes from favorites Gunnar Staalesen, Jo Nesbø, Anne Holt, and Henning Mankell in a clever play on life’s imitation of art.”
— Booklist
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About Geir Tangen
Geir Tangen was born in 1970 in Øystese, Norway. He runs Norway’s biggest crime book blog—Bokbloggeir.com, with over 170,000 readers—where he’s reviewed crime novels and thrillers since 2012. Tangen holds a degree in political science and information and communications technology, and has worked as a journalist and as a freelance editor for several Norwegian publishers. He is a secondary school teacher. Tangen lives and works in Haugesund, Norway, with his wife and three children.
About Gerard Doyle
Gerard Doyle, a seasoned audio narrator, he has been awarded dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008, and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He was born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London’s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. He has taught drama at Ross School for the several years.