



Requiem
A Thriller
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The first in a superb new series from phenomenal author Geir Tangen, Requiem strikes a deliciously chilling chord.
“A magnificent crime debut from Norway’s biggest crime blogger. Well-composed, well-written, funny, and brutal. In short: a great crime novel, with a few bold, unexpected twists at the end.” –Bok, Five Stars (Norway)
"A great and thrilling crime novel."–Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark)
“There are crime novels you simply have to read. Geir Tangen is a master in his own right.” –Fyens Stiftstidene (Denmark)
Journalist Viljar Gudmundsson is no stranger to chilling stories. So when he receives an anonymous e-mail 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 e-mail 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...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pedestrian prose and overly familiar situations undercut this twisted tale of revenge, the first novel from Tangen, a Norwegian crime book blogger. In 2014, jaded journalist Viljar Ravn Gudmundsson (an Icelander working for the Haugesund, Norway, newspaper) receives a series of emails describing murders that copycat lurid scenes in well-known Nordic crime novels. Viljar helps Chief Insp. Lotte Skeisvoll, who has the requisite family problem to distract her (a sister with a drinking problem), investigate the serial killings, with mostly unwanted contributions from grouchy, old-fashioned Kripos detective Olav Scheldrup Hansen. The main narrative alternates with short, creepy peeks into the psychopathic killer's warped brain and excerpts of the four-year-old backstory of Viljar's big scoop and a bad mistake that caused his fall from journalistic fame and his consequent psychological deterioration. Scandinavian noir fans have seen all of this before.