November 2019 - read-along

[Ken, Moderator (U.S.A.)]

This month seems to be for Christoffer Petersen most of his books are being listed, he has 4 of 6 books, they are:

1) Camp Century by Christoffer Petersen to be published 5 November 2019. Greenland.

When a Cold War historian is murdered on an abandoned American base, Constable David Maratse must search the ice tunnels to find the killer before they die from exposure.

Camp Century is the eleventh in a series of novellas to feature Constable David Maratse in Greenland. Each novella is set during Maratse’s career as a police constable, and features aspects of Greenlandic culture, tradition, and not least the stunning natural environment.

2) Arctic State: A Constable Maratse Stand Alone novella by Christoffer Petersen to be published 12 November 2019. Greenland.

When a Greenlandic protestor is targeted for failing to recognise the new constitution, Constable David Maratse requests permission to bring her in, before more stringent measures are applied.

Arctic State is a speculative stand alone novella set in Greenland in the near future.

Pick up Arctic State today to discover a frightening version of Greenland's future.

3) I Will Miss You Tomorrow by Heine Bakkeid to be published 14 November 2019. Norway.

The first in a new Norwegian crime series featuring disgraced ex-Chief Inspector Thorkild Aske, a damaged man with a complicated past

Fresh out of prison and a stint in a psychiatric hospital, disgraced ex-policeman Thorkild Aske only wants to lose himself in drugged dreams of his beloved Frei. Wild, unknowable Frei. The woman he loved. The woman he has lost forever.

Yet when Frei’s young cousin goes missing off the Norwegian coast and Thorkild is called in by the family to help find him, dead or alive, Thorkild cannot refuse. He owes them this.

Tormented by his past, Thorkild soon finds himself deep in treacherous waters. He’s lost his reputation – will he now lose his life?

4) Inuk: A short story of guilt and salvation in the Arctic by Christoffer Petersen to be published 19 November 2019. Greenland.

In the wake of a tragic car accident Constable David Maratse retreats to a remote hunters’ cabin in search of salvation.

Inuk is the twelfth in a series of novellas to feature Constable David Maratse in Greenland. Each novella is set during Maratse’s career as a police constable, and features aspects of Greenlandic culture, tradition, and not least the stunning natural environment.

The series includes:

Katabatic Container Tupilaq The Last Flight The Heart that was a Wild Garden Qivittoq The Thunder Spirits Iluliaq Scrimshaw Asiaq Camp Century Inuk
You can read more about David Maratse in The Greenland Trilogy of action thrillers, starting with The Ice Star, and in his own series of Greenland Crime novels, starting with Seven Graves, One Winter.

Seven Graves, One Winter is the first full novel featuring Greenlandic Police Constable David Maratse.

The Greenland Crime series includes:

Seven Graves, One Winter Blood Floe We Shall Be Monsters Inside the Bear’s Cage.

5) The Wanderer's Havamal by Jackson Crawford to be published 20 November 2019. Finland.

The Wanderer's Hávamál features Jackson Crawford’s complete, carefully revised English translation of the Old Norse poem Hávamál, newly annotated for this volume, together with facing original Old Norse text sourced directly from the Codex Regius manuscript.

Rounding out the volume are Crawford’s classic Cowboy Hávamál and translations of other related texts central to understanding the character, wisdom, and mysteries of Óðinn (Odin). Portable and reader-friendly, it makes an ideal companion for both lovers of Old Norse mythology and those new to the wisdom of this central Eddic poem wherever they may find themselves.

6) Dark Christmas: A short story of Christmas and contamination in the Arctic by Christoffer Petersen to be publishedn26 November 2019. Greenland.

When a young father slips out of the Tuberculosis isolation ward at Christmas, Constable David Maratse must find him before the man’s family is exposed to the disease.

Dark Christmas is the thirteenth in a series of novellas to feature Constable David Maratse in Greenland. Each novella is set during Maratse’s career as a police constable, and features aspects of Greenlandic culture, tradition, and not least the stunning natural environment.

The series includes:

Katabatic Container Tupilaq The Last Flight The Heart that was a Wild Garden Qivittoq The Thunder Spirits Iluliaq Scrimshaw Asiaq Camp Century Inuk Dark Christmas
You can read more about David Maratse in The Greenland Trilogy of action thrillers, starting with The Ice Star, and in his own series of Greenland Crime novels, starting with Seven Graves, One Winter.

Seven Graves, One Winter is the first full novel featuring Greenlandic Police Constable David Maratse.

The Greenland Crime series includes:

Seven Graves, One Winter Blood Floe We Shall Be Monsters Inside the Bear’s Cage.

As always we will add books for November as they become known to us. Good reading.

[Ken, Moderator (U.S.A.)]

We will have Levi Henriksen's book Snow Will Fall on Fallen Snow published 5 November 2019. Norway.

Following the unexpected death of his brother, Dan Kaspersen decides to sell the small family farm and get away from it all. But after a restless night in a freezing childhood home, Mona Steinmyra appears. Her smile is the first thing that could make him stay where he is. But lots of people want to get rid of him and others have something to fear from him. Dan Kaspersen decides to go hunting for a key to his brother's death, and the reader steps into a vivid landscape of heroes and heroines, bad guys and killers. There is also love to be found, and hysterically funny episodes develop. And always, underneath, lies this pulse of undertaint: won't it all go to hell?

SNOW WILL FALL ON FALLEN SNOW is a thrilling and warm novel that has charmed its way into many readers’ hearts. It was awarded the Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize. Rights are sold for translation into ten languages.