Stigma: The BREATHTAKING new instalment in the No. 1 bestselling Blix & Ramm series...: Volume 4 - Softcover

Enger, Thomas; Horst, Jørn Lier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1914585763 ISBN 13: 9781914585760

Publisher: Orenda Books, 2023

Synopsis

Incarcerated in a high-security prison, a broken Alexander Blix joins forces with Emma Ramm to find a ruthless killer who has escaped from a German jail and is making his way to Norway. Pulse-pounding Nordic Noir.
 
‘Blix suffers a series of vicious assaults in Stigma, the new novel by the stellar Norwegian crime-writing duo Jorn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger … tense, brutal and fast-moving’ Sunday Times BOOK OF THE MONTH
 
‘Darkly twisty’ Crime Monthly

'Superb Nordic noir. Dark, intricate and extremely compelling. Contemporary Scandinavian fiction at its best' Will Dean

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Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter’s death, he is now being held in one of Norway’s high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to challenge and humiliate the former police investigator.
 
On the outside, Blix’s former colleagues have begun the hunt for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is making his way north. The only lead established by the police is that Kroos has a friend in Blix’s prison ward. And now they need Blix’s help.

Journalist Emma Ramm is one of Blix’s few visitors, and she becomes his ally as he struggles to connect the link between past and present, between the world inside and outside the prison walls.
 
And as he begins to piece things together, he identifies a woodland community in Norway where deeply scarred inhabitants foster deadly secrets... secrets that maybe the unravelling of everyone involved…
 
Two of Nordic Noir's finest writers return with the emotive, breath-holdingly intense and searingly tense fourth book in the number-one bestselling Blix & Ramm series.

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Praise for the Blix & Ramm series:
‘If you're a fan of writers like Lars Kepler, Stefan Ahnhem or Søren Sveistrup, you won't want to miss this' Crime by the Book
‘Two of the most distinguished writers of Nordic Noir’ Financial Times
‘An international sensation’ Vogue
'The most exciting yet' The Times
'Devilishly complex' Publishers Weekly
‘Fascinating’ Sun
‘Completely nerve-wracking’ Tvedestrandsposten
‘Everything I want in a book – mystery, tension and action’ Jen Med’s Book Reviews
‘Masterly’ NB Magazine
‘An absolute MUST for thriller fans … in a class of its own’ Krimi Couch

About this title

About the Authors

Thomas Enger is a former journalist. He made his debut with the crime novel Burned (Skinndød) in 2010, which became an international sensation before publication. Burned is the first in a series of five books about the journalist Henning Juul, which delves into the depths of Oslo’s underbelly, skewering the corridors of dirty politics and nailing the fast-moving world of twenty-four-hour news. Rights to the series have been sold to twenty-eight countries to date. In 2013, Enger published his first book for young adults, a dark fantasy thriller called The Evil Legacy, for which he won the U-prize (Best Book Young Adult). Killer Instinct, another young adult suspense novel, was published in Norway in 2017. Rights have been sold to Germany and Iceland. Enger also composes music, and he lives in Oslo. Follow him on X @EngerThomas or visit his website ThomasEnger.net.

Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, establishing himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. He writes engaging and intelligent crime novels that offer an uncommonly detailed and realistic insight into the way serious crimes are investigated, as well as how both police and press work. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he’s published in twenty-six languages. His literary awards include the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Riverton Prize (Golden Revolver), the Scandinavian Glass Key, and the prestigious Martin Beck Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orenda Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1914585763
• ISBN 13: 9781914585760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276