Winner International Firebird Book Awards 2024.

The Gold Badge of Achievement.
«With vivid, well-drawn characters and a plot that keeps readers guessing until the final page, this novel delivers heart-pounding moments and an unrelenting sense of urgency. A must-read for fans of twisty, high-stakes crime thrillers.»
- Editorial review, The International Review of Books Magazine

★★★★★ A tense and captivating read.
«The Nordic crime genre has a new superstar. The debut novel from Paul Bergquist is a heart-stopping wild ride that you won't be able to put down.»
– Emmy Award Winner Marlene McPherson,
Headwriter for serialized TV and fiction

★★★★★ "Written with surprising ease, fine language, and very good flow... An intense and incredibly thrilling book that absolutely should be read." 
- Editor in Chief, Den Kriminelle Bokverden (Norway).

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What are you willing to sacrifice for the people you love?

After a personal tragedy shattered his life and career, Flokí Wilhelmsen, a former SFPD homicide detective, and his 15-year-old daughter Charlene, moved back home from San Francisco to the western fjords of Norway in search of solace.

A call from Cathrine, a woman connected to his younger brother Olav, interrupts his peace when she informs him that Olav has mysteriously vanished from his apartment in Marbella, Spain.

As Flokí embarks on his journey to Spain to uncover the truth behind Olav’s disappearance, danger, death and deception engulf him. Each clue reveals family secrets and connections to criminal activities that threaten to unravel everything he holds dear.

An intense mystery novel about family ties, trust, and what we are willing to sacrifice for the ones we love.

If you appreciate a good mystery thriller with many complications and a likable, realistic hero, wonderful Norwegian nature, Spanish luxury lifestyle, dangerous criminals, and a Chinatown movie feel; then this is your book!

Read it now and join Flokí on this fast-paced and twisty quest for the truth!