The writing partnership between Thomas Enger and JΓΈrn Lier Horst is the stuff that Nordic Noir readersβ dreams are made of. Enger and Horst, both acclaimed crime writers in their own right, are now dominating Norwegian bestseller charts with their gripping thriller series featuring police officer Alexander Blix and journalist Emma Ramm. This pacey, page-turning Nordic crime series blew me away with its first installment, DEATH DESERVED, which found a serial killer at work in Oslo, Norway, committing a series of very public murders. This month, Blix and Ramm are back with the second installment in this inspired crime series. SMOKE SCREEN finds our two protagonists on the heels of a very different kind of villain: a bomber who disrupts the annual New Yearβs Eve fireworks display with his own deadly spectacle. Blix and Ramm find themselves independently drawn into the investigation, and it isnβt long before they each discover the shadowy connection between this bombing and a decade-old missing persons case. How do these events fit together? And what is the motivation behind this bomberβs horrific acts? SMOKE SCREEN delivers another intricate, page-turning thriller from two of Norwayβs most acclaimed crime writing talents. Long may the partnership between Thomas Enger and JΓΈrn Lier Horst continueβthe Blix and Ramm series is a fresh, engaging addition to any Scandinavian crime fiction readerβs library, and a series I hope to be reading for years to come.
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