We Shall Inherit the Wind
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
One of the fathers of Nordic Noir offers a chilling, timeless story of love, revenge, and desire, set against contemporary issues 1998. Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder of the mistakes he's made. Investigating the seemingly innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector, Varg Veum is thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career, riddled with conflicts, environmental terrorism, religious fanaticism, unsolved mysteries, and dubious business ethics. Then the first body appears—tied to a cross, facing the mouth of the fjord.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1998, Staalesen's moving, uncompromising 17th novel featuring Bergen, Norway, PI Varg Veum (after 2013's Cold Hearts) finds Varg, a former missing-child investigator for a government agency, sitting by the bedside of Karin Bj rge, whom he has recently asked to be his wife. The two met in 1971, when Karin's 14-year-old sister disappeared; they became romantically involved in 1987. Karin is now at death's door, and Varg believes that he's responsible. In a flashback to a week earlier, Karin asks Varg to help a friend locate her missing spouse, Mons M land. Mons, a developer, vanished just days before a survey to explore the feasibility of constructing a wind farm on the island of Brenn y. The case quickly becomes a murder investigation, with the crime's roots possibly connected to the disappearance of Mons's first wife. The plot, which contains multiple emotional gut punches, will satisfy fans who enjoy seeing noir themes play out in other countries.
