"Hannah is as fascinating as the mystery she uncovers. . . . Set during a bleak Icelandic autumn, the compelling mystery novel Thirty Days of Darkness concerns family secrets and forbidden love." —Foreword Reviews starred review "This is a real treat. Witty, dark, meta, ingenious and hugely compelling. LOVED the Icelandic setting and satirical observations. EXCELLENT." —Will Dean, author of Dark Pines & Wolf Pack. "I loved it! Dark and atmospheric. I found it a bleak and beautiful evocation of Iceland, and Hannah is a pitch-perfect depiction of the bombastic neurosis that we writers know so very well, on top of which the mystery of the murder that pulled me in from the start." —Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange. "Wit and originality make it a joy to read."—Crime Book of the Month "A most entertaining debut ... a thoroughly enjoyable read, in the style of Murder She Wrote Goes All-Out Nordic and with the added spice of literary characters at sea in a word of crime." —Crime Time "The suspense builds throughout the novel as Hannah discovers more hidden secrets, building to a reveal that is both unexpected and brilliant. So dark, so atmospheric, so funny and so very tense. This is the perfect balance of murder, mayhem and humour."—NFOP Magazine "With a wonderful love to hate central character – Hannah is a prickly, judgmental alcoholic with poor impulse control – this is an original and thoroughly enjoyable treat."—The Guardian "An engaging murder story that involves all the elements often associated with the genre (red herrings, plot twists, quirky characters), but also incorporates a meta-aspect as it is a narrative centered around the struggles of an author who is fighting to write a crime novel within a limited period of time."—Tap the Line Magazine "Dark and atmospheric … a bleak and beautiful evocation of Iceland, and Hannah is a pitch-perfect depiction of the bombastic neurosis that we writers know so very well."—Harriet Tyce, Author of Blood Orange Thirty Days of Darkness is one of the 14 best crime books of 2023 at The Times "Caustically funny." Thirty Days of Darkness is one of the best crime and thrillers of 2023 at The Guardian.
Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer's block, Hannah has the feeling that she's doing something wrong. When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in 30 days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður; a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters - for inspiration. But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman's young son is pulled from the water. . . and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk. . . including Hannah.
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Thirty Days of Darkness
Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer's block, Hannah has the feeling that she's doing something wrong. When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in 30 days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður; a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters - for inspiration. But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman's young son is pulled from the water. . . and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk. . . including Hannah.
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BN ID: | 2940160636092 |
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Publisher: | Oakhill Publishing |
Publication date: | 05/25/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 1,080,063 |
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