"Gripping Nordic Noir takes a trip to Africa as Oslo detectives investigate a murder."
With two spectacularly contrasting settings and two oh-so different officers you’ll find yourself with an eloquently compelling novel on your hands. A murder investigation enters the heavyweight corporate world of international deals and exploitation. Award-winning Kjell Ola Dahl began writing in 1993, this book in his successful Oslo Detective series was first published in Norway in 2003 and is just as bitingly relevant today.
Little Drummer is book four to be translated into English, and as ever, Don Bartlett does a cracking job, fully immersing you in the story. Gunnarstranda and Frolich make a fabulous pairing, even though they are only together on the page on a handful of occasions. With Frolich jetting off to Kenya, and journalist Lise on the scene, Gunnarstranda still holds his own in Oslo.
The fiercely political and social aspects of this novel are highlighted when you consider that this was written twenty years ago, human greed, power, and corruption are our constant companions. Little Drummer is as chillingly Nordic Noir in the dry heat of Africa as it is in Oslo, ensuring an absolutely thrilling and rewarding read.
Godfather of Nordic Noir Kjell Ola Dahl returns with tense, sophisticated, searingly relevant international thriller that explodes the Nordic Noir genre, as Frolich and Gunnarstranda investigate the death of a woman whose scientist boyfriend has also gone missing...
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Godfather of Nordic Noir Kjell Ola Dahl returns with tense, sophisticated, searingly relevant international thriller that explodes the Nordic Noir genre, as Frolich and Gunnarstranda investigate the death of a woman whose scientist boyfriend has also gone missing... When a woman is found dead in her car in a Norwegian parking garage, everyone suspects an overdose ... until a forensics report indicates that she was murdered.
Little Drummer features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Political / Legal Thrillers, Fiction in translation, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Fiction, Fiction: special features, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction: narrative themes, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations
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Little Drummer was written by Kjell Ola Dahl and published by Orenda Books
Little Drummer has 277 pages
Yes it is part of The Oslo Detectives Series series
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