The Owl Always Hunts at Night
(Munch and Krüger Book 2)
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4.4 • 56 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
From the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling Alone
'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express
'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times
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When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the murder site is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene meticulously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence to be found.
Detective Mia Krüger is a woman on the edge - she has been signed off work pending psychological assessment. But her boss has less regard for the rules than he should. Desperate to get Mia back in the office, Holger Munch offers her an unofficial deal.
But the usually brilliant Mia is struggling and the team are unable to close the case. Until a young hacker uncovers something that forces the team to confront the scope of the murderer's plans and face the possibility that he may already be on the hunt for a second victim.
The new novel from Samuel Bjork, THE WOLF, is available now.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Bjork's he pseudonym of Norwegian novelist Frode Sander ien) bleak and brutal sequel to 2016's I'm Traveling Alone, a botanist exploring the woodlands around Oslofjord discovers the emaciated corpse of 17-year-old Camilla Green lying naked atop a pile of owl feathers. A pentagram of candles surrounds her, and there's a lily in her mouth. Evidence suggests that Camilla was held captive and tortured for three months prior to her murder. Oslo homicide investigator Holger Munch knows that if he's to catch the killer, he'll need the help of Mia Kr ger, a brilliant but broken profiler who's been suspended from duty. Elsewhere, Munch's daughter, Miriam, begins neglecting her child and deceiving her boyfriend in order to spend time with a charismatic animal rights activist. The tension and stakes increase exponentially over the course of this meticulously plotted tale. Some of the killer's motivations are questionable, but the rest of Bjork's character work is excellent and imbues the story with nuance and heft.
Customer Reviews
Good Read
Like the first book in the series “I’m travelling alone” this is a great, faced paced crime thriller which is at times difficult to put down.
Like it’s predecessor however, it also shares a slightly annoying theme, which I can only describe as a “writer’s tick”. WINKING.
As silly and petty as it sounds, there’s too much winking in these books. Everyone winks at each other all the time, whether they’re being funny, sarcastic or angry and it’s really irritating because well, people just don’t wink that much!
Great read though, which I highly recommend. ;)
Brilliant.
Edge of the seat stuff, which I had to read in one sitting.