# Fallen Angels

**Ever-dogged Bergen PI Varg Veum is forced to dig deep into his own past as he investigates the murder of a former classmate. Vintage, classic Nordic Noir from international bestselling author Gunnar Staalesen.**  
  
  
  
'A vibrant look at the life, loves and betrayals of the past and the ways in which their tentacles cling, never letting you go' **John Harvey**  
  
  
  
'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' **Ian Rankin**  
  
  
  
'Masterful pacing' **_Publishers Weekly_  
  
  
  
\*\*\*Now a major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim\*\*\*  
  
  
  
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Exploring his own dark memories may be the only way to find a killer...**  
  
  
  
When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey December afternoon, he's unexpectedly reunited with his old friend Jakob - guitarist of the once-famous 1960s rock band The Harpers - and his estranged wife, Rebecca, Veum's first love.  
  
  
  
Their rekindled friendship is thrown into jeopardy by the discovery of a horrific murder, and Veum is forced to dig deep into his own adolescence and his darkest memories, to find a motive ... and a killer.  
  
  
  
Tense, vivid and deeply unsettling, _Fallen Angels_ is the spellbinding, award-winning thriller that secured Gunnar Staalesen's reputation as one of the world's foremost crime writers.  
  
  
  
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**Praise for Gunnar Staalesen**  
  
  
  
'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø' **_Independent_**  
  
  
  
'Well worth reading, with the rest of Staalesen's award-winning series' **_New York Journal of Books_**  
  
  
  
'Staalesen continually reminds us why he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists' **_Financial Times_**  
  
  
  
'The Norwegian Chandler' **Jo Nesbø**  
  
  
  
'Not many books hook you in the first chapter - this one did, and never let go!' **Mari Hannah**  
  
  
  
'Chilling and perilous results -- all told in a pleasingly dry style' **_Sunday Times_**  
  
  
  
'Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry' **_Publishers Weekly_**  
  
  
  
'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and it's in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies' **_Herald Scotland_**  
  
  
  
'Gunnar Staalesen is a master of the PI genre, and with _Fallen Angels_ he is at the top of his game' **Live Many Lives**  
  
  
  
'It is a story full of mystery, of uncertainty and threat ... a truly thought-provoking read' **Jen Med's Book Reviews**

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- **Vendor:** Orenda Books
- **Type:** Gunnar Staalesen

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