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Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life--her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faith--profoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the...

A Time Best Book of the Year - An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year - A People Best Book of the Year - Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award - A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - "Seductive... a superbly constructed thriller."---People - "Splendid entertainment...The suspense novel as exploration of the heart."---The New York Times Book Review - "Astonishing... Like John le Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance."---Los Angeles Times - "A considerable...

The first novel in Arne Dahl's gripping Intercrime series--considered one of Sweden's best--Misterioso is a piercingly dark and absorbing detective thriller.

After dismantling a bloody hostage situation at a bank outside Stockholm, Detective Paul Hjelm is dropped into an elite task-force assembled to find an elusive murderer with a sophisticated method. The killer breaks into the homes of Sweden's high-profile business leaders at night, places two bullets in their heads with deadly precision, then removes the bullets from the walls--a ritual enacted to a rare bootleg recording...

- Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.- --Slate
Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life--her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faith--profoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the...