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Greenland Missing Persons #2
The Girl with the Raven Tongue
When a girl’s shoes are found beside a dead raven, and the search for her body is called off, it is left to Police Constable Petra Jensen to close the case and allow the parents to grieve.
The Girl with the Raven Tongue is the second in a new series of Greenland Missing Persons novellas set in the harsh, unpredictable Arctic, rich in tradition, myth and culture.
The Girl with the Raven Tongue introduces many new and interesting characters, together with a few familiar faces making cameo appearances in the series.
The Greenland Missing Persons stories are set prior to The Ice Star and Seven Graves, One Winter.
The Girl with the Raven Tongue is the second in a new series of Greenland Missing Persons novellas set in the harsh, unpredictable Arctic, rich in tradition, myth and culture.
The Girl with the Raven Tongue introduces many new and interesting characters, together with a few familiar faces making cameo appearances in the series.
The Greenland Missing Persons stories are set prior to The Ice Star and Seven Graves, One Winter.
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 11, 2020
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November 27, 2025
More Greenland. Just as good as the first one in the series. I have a good feel for the tone now. It’s not morbid or true crime-sounding fiction. They’re interesting cases involving everyday life in Greenland. This case involved a missing girl. Her speech impediment ties in with the title. It’s still light on some of the details. Hopefully this is improved in the next ones.
August 17, 2020
This was an intriguing mystery set in Greenland. it is the second novella in the Missing series featuring new detective Petra. It is available from Kindle Unlimited at Amazon. In only 74 pages, the author manages to evoke the rugged landscape, the sea, a mountainous region, plus interesting characters with a difficult, strenuous search for a missing person.
Not being allowed anyone on the police force to help her, Petra enlists an elderly shaman and his 5-year-old to help her with the language and perhaps their magic. They are searching for an 11-year-old girl who was last seen fleeing into the mountains. The missing girl had a cleft palate that made it difficult to speak and she was tormented by other children. She learned to mimic the utterances of ravens, and some elders believed this ability was magical. The ravens would follow her everywhere. Unfortunately, her father hated ravens and his belligerence towards his daughter and her birds caused her to run away into the mountain with its treacherous caves and crevices. While searching, Petra is confronted at gunpoint by the girl's father. An enjoyable, atmospheric story with well-developed characters.
Not being allowed anyone on the police force to help her, Petra enlists an elderly shaman and his 5-year-old to help her with the language and perhaps their magic. They are searching for an 11-year-old girl who was last seen fleeing into the mountains. The missing girl had a cleft palate that made it difficult to speak and she was tormented by other children. She learned to mimic the utterances of ravens, and some elders believed this ability was magical. The ravens would follow her everywhere. Unfortunately, her father hated ravens and his belligerence towards his daughter and her birds caused her to run away into the mountain with its treacherous caves and crevices. While searching, Petra is confronted at gunpoint by the girl's father. An enjoyable, atmospheric story with well-developed characters.
November 14, 2022
This starts with Petra doing normal police work in Nuuk, dealing with violent drunks on a Saturday night, but soon has her sent north as a political gesture of support to a mother whose missing daughter has not been found, despite an extensive search.
This was a story that could easily have been about blame and anger and grief but instead became a story about understanding things that are too difficult to say and forgiving things that can't be changed.
I liked that Petra got Tuukula and Luui involved again and that their unique way of looking at people and situations meant that they and Petra saw things that others had missed.
It's clear that Christoffer Petersen is more than a little in love with Luui and it's a feeling that's contagious. She is the embodiment of a magic that is made of boundless energy and optimism combined with a way of seeing the world with different expectations. I hope we see more of Luui as the series goes on.
This was a story that could easily have been about blame and anger and grief but instead became a story about understanding things that are too difficult to say and forgiving things that can't be changed.
I liked that Petra got Tuukula and Luui involved again and that their unique way of looking at people and situations meant that they and Petra saw things that others had missed.
It's clear that Christoffer Petersen is more than a little in love with Luui and it's a feeling that's contagious. She is the embodiment of a magic that is made of boundless energy and optimism combined with a way of seeing the world with different expectations. I hope we see more of Luui as the series goes on.
August 9, 2020
And this was my second novella by this author after reading The Boy with the Narwhal Tooth...
Another missing person case for our young constable to work, reuniting her with some interesting characters from the first novella, Tuukula and Luui, joining forces to find young Iiva.
Greenland and quirky characters again.
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Another missing person case for our young constable to work, reuniting her with some interesting characters from the first novella, Tuukula and Luui, joining forces to find young Iiva.
Greenland and quirky characters again.
Kindle Unlimited
December 7, 2021
This was a lovely little addition to the Greenland Missing Persons novella series. Petersen manages to stuff quite a lot of atmosphere and personality into a mere 70 pages. The characters are interesting (Petra, the Shaman and his 5 year old daughter), some of them are unusual (the girl with the cleft palate who talks to ravens), and the setting is certainly different (Iceland). This story has a much happier ending than the first novella. A lovely, charming little story.
July 13, 2024
I tried the 2nd book in the series, but still waiting for this "wow" police / detective work to take place.
Maybe I will try a 3rd one to see if the tempo is upped.
Maybe I will try a 3rd one to see if the tempo is upped.
January 4, 2021
This slight and diverting novella follows Petra as she seeks a lost girl accompanied by her favorite Shaman and his daughter. The books introduces a key character from another one if the author’s series and gives interesting naught into the culture and people of Greenland.
December 26, 2023
Author Petersen informs his readers his Missing Persons series are novellas. They are a tribute to his experiences living in Greenland.
Constable Petra is a young, fresh out of training constable. Her direct supervisor appears to have a firm dislike towards her. It is unclear why. This reader suspects there is a spot of envy, jealousy. He is seeing an intelligent, young and healthy officer who has her eyes on success while he is older, unhealthy and overweight.
Being a constable in Greenland's capitol has some required but dismal tasks. During the weekend shifts everyone has their eye out for drunks, alcohol fueled fights, and more drunks.
She has a reprieve when her commissioner requires her assistance in another missing child. For political reasons that ooze in financials and polotics , she is to help find this kid without the media finding out.
She achieves the assistance of her shaman friend and young daughter. Both seem to have "magic" or incredible tracking and intuitive skills that help with the search.
These novellas are straight forward with no evils lurking or secret agendas to fulfill. It is a simple investigation with simple questions and answers that assist the searchers. All awhile readers learn about Greenland and its people, their myths and culture.
Constable Petra is a young, fresh out of training constable. Her direct supervisor appears to have a firm dislike towards her. It is unclear why. This reader suspects there is a spot of envy, jealousy. He is seeing an intelligent, young and healthy officer who has her eyes on success while he is older, unhealthy and overweight.
Being a constable in Greenland's capitol has some required but dismal tasks. During the weekend shifts everyone has their eye out for drunks, alcohol fueled fights, and more drunks.
She has a reprieve when her commissioner requires her assistance in another missing child. For political reasons that ooze in financials and polotics , she is to help find this kid without the media finding out.
She achieves the assistance of her shaman friend and young daughter. Both seem to have "magic" or incredible tracking and intuitive skills that help with the search.
These novellas are straight forward with no evils lurking or secret agendas to fulfill. It is a simple investigation with simple questions and answers that assist the searchers. All awhile readers learn about Greenland and its people, their myths and culture.
January 23, 2021
Petra Jensen has just finished a busy night shift in Nuuk - when she is called back to work by Sergeant Duneq, her supervisor. A little girl, 11 year old Iva Sversaq has gone missing in Kanggamuit, a remote and mountainous region on the coast .The search party has been out for two days and only a pair of shoes have been found by a dead Raven...With no time to spare , Petra asks for help from Tuukula, a wise old man and a shaman who she had met on a previous case.On meeting up with Tuukula and his 5year old daughter Luui, they set off by boat to Kanggamuit to be bet by Iva's mother who takes them to her house. Iva, it seems is a lonely child , teased by other children..had the ability to understand ravens, rescuing them and leaving them in her father Saaimog's shed..But to Saaimog they are a nuisance..and after an argument Iva had run away..Petra, Tuukula and Luui set off up the mountains...but without knowing what is up ahead, will they find the lost child ..? After reading The Boy with The Narwhal Tooth , I began this one straight after ..Petra Jensen's journey may be just beginning...but I think she will fly high ..Mystical ..Emotive and Gentle Storytelling...Beautiful ..
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July 12, 2020
I like the way that Christoffer brings people together, such as he did in this case with Petra seeing a man before she leaves and then when she returns she meets him again and introduces herself to him, Maratse. This was by far one of my favorite stories. We meet Tuukula, the shaman, and his daughter, Luui again with the knowledge that they will be a great help to Petra. She's been sent to find a missing little girl in a village two up from Nuuk. She travels by plane to the next village, then picks up Tuukula and his daughter to take a ship to the next village. Christoffer blends his use of the habits of the Greenlanders in all his bits of offshoots in telling this tale which is really interesting in finding this girl. Luui takes them up the mountain and finds the girl within a tunnel that only she can enter. Magic is what she says that brought her to find the missing girl. She reunites her with her father and says Magic. I can't recreate the whole book but it ignites my imagination into wanting to read more stories from Christoffer Petersen.
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July 31, 2020
Captivating
Christoffer Peterson is a superb writer and this is but one example. There's something amusing about this story of finding a missing child. It's also intriguing in how it makes Greenland real like you're there instead of just reading a story. So buy this book and read it. You won't regret it. But before that read the first book in the Greenland Missing Persons series as this one builds upon what happened in that story. Trust me--you won't regret buying both books.
Christoffer Peterson is a superb writer and this is but one example. There's something amusing about this story of finding a missing child. It's also intriguing in how it makes Greenland real like you're there instead of just reading a story. So buy this book and read it. You won't regret it. But before that read the first book in the Greenland Missing Persons series as this one builds upon what happened in that story. Trust me--you won't regret buying both books.
September 13, 2020
Missing Persons
Another foray into Petra's early life in the force, sent away on another missing person's case, this time a young girl who has befriended ravens, expressly against the wishes of her father. Petra brings the shaman Tuukula and his adorable, talented and thankfully headstrong daughter Luui along with her to begin her search. It's another very enjoyable novella and we meet an old friend at the end as well!
Another foray into Petra's early life in the force, sent away on another missing person's case, this time a young girl who has befriended ravens, expressly against the wishes of her father. Petra brings the shaman Tuukula and his adorable, talented and thankfully headstrong daughter Luui along with her to begin her search. It's another very enjoyable novella and we meet an old friend at the end as well!
December 11, 2025
I'm surprised by how much I've enjoyed the novellas in this series. There is a combination of landscape and tenderness wound together with an investigation story that feels special. This book ends with the introduction of the MC's partner for those who have read the author's other books. (I have not yet.)
January 7, 2021
Culture or Crime?
I am not sure whether or not the Petra Jensen novellas are crime stories with Greenlandic culture woven into the story or the other way around, but they are interesting reading. I love then.
I am not sure whether or not the Petra Jensen novellas are crime stories with Greenlandic culture woven into the story or the other way around, but they are interesting reading. I love then.
January 22, 2021
Loved this!
What a lovely read this was. I enjoy how open and accepting the characters are to each other. I also appreciate the connection to the land and the animals who live there.
What a lovely read this was. I enjoy how open and accepting the characters are to each other. I also appreciate the connection to the land and the animals who live there.
February 3, 2022
Exciting Story with great lessons. Almost like an Aesop's Fable.
I liked the adult child interactions, but the girl's interaction with the ravens was so well done and poignant. I am hooked on Petersen's smooth writing style!
I liked the adult child interactions, but the girl's interaction with the ravens was so well done and poignant. I am hooked on Petersen's smooth writing style!
September 13, 2023
This is a well written novella from Greenland tale author Christoffer Petersen. It is interesting and rich in content for a small book. I normally rate this author higher than a 3. This time it seemed as if the wrap up was week and almost secondary to the relationship between the shaman, his daughter and the detective from Nuuk. The story is good just not quite as good as the rest of the author's work.
December 30, 2024
This is the second in the novella series for Greenland Missing Persons and I am enjoying the series so far. The same characters and developments with relationships is good to see.
I like reading about it being based in Greenland, the images made are beautiful.
I like reading about it being based in Greenland, the images made are beautiful.
October 6, 2020
Love these Greenlandic stories! Not so much crime, not so much mystery, just fascination and enjoyment
November 3, 2020
So interesting and informative
I love reading these books . Not only are they entertaining but also informative regarding the culture of Greenlanders. A joy to read.
I love reading these books . Not only are they entertaining but also informative regarding the culture of Greenlanders. A joy to read.
January 24, 2021
Quick read
2nd in the series. Love getting to know Greenland and their unique traditions and local interests. Are introduced to Martese at the end.
2nd in the series. Love getting to know Greenland and their unique traditions and local interests. Are introduced to Martese at the end.
March 1, 2021
Raven Girl
I loved this novella about the girl who communed with ravens. And I love learning about Greenland and it’s people.
I loved this novella about the girl who communed with ravens. And I love learning about Greenland and it’s people.
August 26, 2021
Perfect!
What a lovely story. I adore Luui. Peterson has such a warm way of writing and telling a tale. Short but sweet.
What a lovely story. I adore Luui. Peterson has such a warm way of writing and telling a tale. Short but sweet.
April 27, 2022
The Girl with the Raven Tongue is a fast-paced, interesting novella.
August 15, 2024
Definitely “magic”. A little too easy
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