Devil's Fjord
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A remote island. An isolated community. A terrible secret.
If the new District Sheriff, Tristan Haraldsen, thought moving to a remote village on the island of Vagar would be the chance for a peaceful life with his wife Elsebeth, his first few weeks in office swiftly correct him of that notion.
Provoked into taking part in the village’s whale hunt against his will, Haraldsen blunders badly, and in the ensuing chaos two local boys go missing. Blaming himself, Haraldsen dives into the investigation and soon learns that the boys are not the first to have gone missing on Vagar.
As Tristan and Elsebeth become increasingly ensnared by the island’s past, they realise its wild beauty hides an altogether uglier and sinister truth.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this promising series launch from Hewson (the Nic Costa series) set on the Faroe island of V gar, the chief duty of 55-year-old Tristan Haraldsen, a part-time district sheriff who recently retired from the police on account of his health, is to ensure that the fishermen from the village of Djevulsfjord follow the rules of an ancient and savage ritual, the whale hunt known as the grind. During the course of the hunt, the two Mikkelsen brothers, J nas and Benjamin, go missing. Meanwhile, Tristan's wife, Elsebeth, has a chance encounter with an angry animal rights activist that leads the couple to investigate the mysterious death of Tristan's predecessor as district sheriff and the disappearance of a local policewoman's brother. This grim tale, almost the stuff of Norse myths, offers little hope or redemption as absolute evil wraps its way through Djevulsfjord where outsiders are not welcome. The story starts slow, but once the fate of the Mikkelsen brothers becomes clear, readers will be gripped and hold fast until the shocking end. Hewson's fans will look forward to the next installment.
