Thirty days of darkness

Description

A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then a body appears ? an atmospheric, darkly funny, twisty debut thriller, first in an addictive new series.

‘ Dark and sharp ? A lot of fun’ Val McDermid

‘ Witty, dark, meta, ingenious and hugely compelling. I LOVED the Icelandic setting and satirical observations. EXCELLENT’   Will Dean

‘ Dark and atmospheric ? a bleak and beautiful evocation of Iceland, and Hannah is a pitch-perfect depiction of the bombastic neurosis that we writers know so very well’   Harriet Tyce

‘ Hilariously scathing ? satirises genre fiction while creating a first-class example of it, full of suspects, red herrings and twists ? wit and originality make it a joy to read’ Mark Sanderson, The Times CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH

**Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for Best Danish Crime Novel**

**Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award**

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Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer’ s block, Hannah has the feeling that she’ s doing something wrong.

When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to H̼ safj̦ ̡ ur Рa quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters Рfor inspiration.

But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman’ s young son is pulled from the water ? and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk ? including Hannah?

Atmospheric, dramatic and full of nerve-jangling twists and turns,  Thirty Days of Darkness  is a darkly funny, unsettling debut Nordic Noir thriller that marks the start of a breath-taking new series.

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‘ A fantastic debut ? Darkly funny, tense and a lot of poking fun at crime-writing’   Tariq Ashkanani

‘ Delightfully dark’   Antti Tuomainen

‘ So atmospheric’ Crime Monthly

‘ An absolute gem ? a superb mix of humour and dark, twisty crime fiction with an added layer of contemplation regarding what makes books ‘literary’. The Icelandic setting is perfectly drawn ?   Not to be missed’  Yrsa Sigurð ardó ttir

‘ Shades of  Fargo  and  Twin Peaks  – and there’ s no higher praise than that. Absolutely brilliant!’   Rod Reynolds

‘ A truly original thriller that perfectly balances humour and suspense’   Vogue

‘ Such a clever, original twist on the Nordic Noir tradition – darkly humorous and utterly captivating’   Eva Bjö rg Æ gisdó ttir

‘ A hugely enjoyable read with thrills and laughs, as Hannah sticks her nose in where it’ s not welcome’   Michael J. Malone

‘ So satisfying ? a truly great read’   Lilja Sigurð ardó ttir

‘ A skilful, witty mash-up, playing with tropes of romantic fiction (yes, that popular genre writer turns up in the village and is not so bad after all) and crime fiction (closed community, dark secrets) ? really entertaining’ Aly Monroe

‘ This reminded me somewhat of the more recent, meta efforts of the great Anthony Horowitz’   The Bookbag

‘ The most original thriller of the year: realistic, suspenseful and romantic to the very last page.  And just when you think you’ve got the plot figured out, the plot twists again’  Politiken