Reviews

• “Elegantly plotted and economically executed … Ravatn smoothly mixes Jungian and Freudian psychology with folklore and an affair’s lethal consequences. Inexorable fate drives this searing modern take on ancient Greek tragedy.”

• “The result is a clever, quirky mystery full of twists, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best. ”

• “Ravatn, one of Norway’s premier crime writers, manages to conjure up an extra level of chilling atmosphere that will make you want to put the heating on … The Seven Doors packs a brutal punch”

• “/…/ the drive in the action – and the pace – is so high that the book was difficult to put down. Great literature often is.”

• “Fun, exciting and profound. ”

• “Like an electric shock – a real Greek tragedy in a modern Norwegian family becomes an extremely powerful read. ”

• “The Seven Doors grows beyond its plot – as brilliant literature usually does. Ravatn gives the reader space to feel dark emotions and reflections, in a novel that gives the impression of being fully occupied with playfully unraveling its own crime mystery.”

• “This novel has it all! Agnes Ravatn’s gorgeous bag of goodies of a novel has everything one could wish for in humor, intelligence and suspense. ”

• “Agnes Ravatn is witty. The novel starts as a middle-class novel about a middle-class problem, which she slowly turns into a thriller about life and death in the university world and cultural elites, and it is exceptionally entertaining.”

• “Agners Ravatns makes the crime genre a tad more elegant. /../ A sophisticated crime mystery.”