Yours Until Death

“'Staalesen is another fine representative of Scandinavian crime fiction' Independent 'I unreservedly recommend it' Joan Smith 'Varg Veum is in the best traditions of sleuthery' The Times”

The Varg Veum series stands alongside Connelly, Camilleri and others, who are among the very best modern exponents of the poetic yet tough detective story with strong, classic plots; a social conscience; and perfect pitch in terms of a sense of place Euro Crime
Undoubtedly, one of the finest Nordic novelists in the tradition of such masters as Henning Mankell -- Barry Forshaw Independent
An upmarket Philip Marlowe -- Maxim Jakubowski
Among the most popular Norwegian crime writers Observer
In the best tradition of sleuthery The Times

GUNNAR STAALESEN was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over 20 titles, which have been published in 24 countries and sold over two million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim. Staalesen, who has twice won Norway's top crime prize, the Golden Pistol, lives in Bergen with his wife.

The single-mother families of the isolated high-rise community under the shadow of the Lyderhorn, Bergen's great mountain - steep, dark and oppressive - were being robbed, terrorized and molested by a teenage gang led by the psychopath, Joker, who looked like a priest, but with the eyes of a tiger and the teeth of a decaying corpse. Yours Until Death is an unbearably tense novel of revenge and murder about marriage, childhood, bereavement and the destructive force of passion.

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