"A powerful, emotionally provocative read set across three time frames, starting in 1942 with the resistance in Norway and Sweden."
A fascinating, intricate, provocative read, set in motion by events in 1942, and brilliantly highlighting human need and emotions. Ester escapes from Norway to Sweden after her family are deported to Auschwitz, involved in the resistance she is part of a plot that rears again 25 years later, and then in 2015 a link to the past finally begins to answer questions decades old.
As I began to read, the words so clear, stark and powerful, painted an immediate moving picture in my mind. I've previously read and adored crime fiction by Kjell Ola Dahl, you are expected to keep up as he drives the plot forward and this is no different. Three time spans and intrigue galore could create an incredibly knotted labyrinth of a tale, yet this is told and translated so beautifully, each moment opens into the other as a series of doors that you just need to open and walk through.
The Courier sent a shiver coursing through me, it is a truly eloquent and rewarding tale, and oh that ending!
In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz.
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In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself.
The Courier features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Fiction: special features
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Courier was written by Kjell Ola Dahl and published by Orenda Books
The Courier has 312 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
