
Røykteppe Smoke Screen
Blix & Ramm #2
An explosion rocks the city of Oslo on New Year’s Eve and Norway is put on terror alert. Among the wounded is someone Alexander Blix knows well. Ruth-Kristine Smeplass is the mother of 2-year-old Patricia, kidnapped ten years ago. Blix was heavily involved in the investigation all those years back, but no trace could be found of the missing girl. As the case gains public attention once more, news blogger Emma Ramm is intrigued by the unsolved mystery. Blix and Ramm both set out to penetrate the smoke screen that’s been put up to cover the truth behind Patricia’s abduction.
Smoke Screen is the second installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s bestselling Blix & Ramm series.
Reviews
“A suspenseful story with plenty of contemporary feel to it.”
“A multilayered and engaging social drama. /…/ The combination of Horst and Enger is a successful one. As in their previous thriller, Death Deserved – also worth reading – the two don’t just offer up a skillfully composed puzzle, but pieces from the protagonists’ private lives. A great mix in 328 entertaining pages.”
“Horst/Enger invites [the reader] to a well-directed guided tour through dysfunctional family relations and various rough environments in the search for the solution to the [novel’s] mystery.”
“The plot is propelled by an excellent and solid crime mystery with several surprising twists.”
“Nerve-racking summer suspense. /…/ Brace yourself – the suspense doesn’t let up from page one till the end. /…/ The suspense level is so high it’s hard to put the book down. This is crime fiction entertainment of the highest order, penned by two of Norway’s most prominent crime writers, both familiar with the environments they write about. The combination of an ongoing case and a so-called “cold case” is excellently handled. /…/ Death Deserved was a high point, but Smoke Screen is even better. /…/ Smoke Screen is, alongside Knife by Jo Nesbø, this summer’s great reading experience within the crime and suspense genre.”
“Thomas Enger and Jørn Lier Horst keep up the suspense. /…/ The fast-paced and appetite-stirring prologue of Smoke Screen hits the bullseye. So does what comes after.”
- Author
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Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger
- Published
- 2019
- Genre
- Crime
- Pages
- 369
- Reading material
Norwegian edition
- Rights sold
Croatia, Fokus
Czech Republic, Zlin
Denmark, Modtryk
Denmark, Nordisk Film
Estonia, Varrak
Germany, Blanvalet
Greece, Dioptra
Lithuania, Baltos Lankos
Netherlands, Bruna
Norway, Capitana
Poland, Smak Slowa
Portugal, Dom Quixote
Slovakia, Premedia
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
UK, Orenda Books (World English)