num_pages: 384
description: ' is a stylish stand-alone thriller from the godfather of Scandi noir ... Ola Dahl ratchets up the tension from the first pages and never lets go''Absorbing heart-rending and perfectly plotted. Kjell Ola Dahl's passes seamlessly from the present to the dark past of WWII. Fabulous!''Cleverly braiding together past and present the who and why of murder and betrayal are unpicked. The detail is impressive'In 1942 Jewish courier Ester is betrayed narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste she escapes to Sweden saving herself. Her family in Oslo however is deported to Auschwitz.In Stockholm Ester meets the resistance hero Gerhard Falkum who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife se who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire.And yet twenty-five years later Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter. But where has he been and what is the real reason for his return? Ester stumbles across information that forces her to look closely at her past and to revisit her war-time training to stay alive...Written with Dahl's trademark characterization and elegant plotting sees the hugely respected godfather of Nordic Noir at his best as he takes on one of the most horrific periods of modern history in an exceptional shocking thriller.'A dark but richly described backdrop and a relentless underlying tension drive this sad story to its bittersweet conclusion. Fans of Nordic noir will be satisfied''Skilfully juggling three Oslo timelines  in 1942 1967 and 2015  Dahl starts his story with Germany's occupation of Norway and the work of those who tried to resist then brings his characters forward to a post-war unravelling of what really happened in those dangerous days  and the traumatic rewriting of personal stories''A fascinating intricate provocative read set in motion by events in 1942 and brilliantly highlighting human need and emotions ... ' ' sent a shiver coursing through me it is a truly eloquent and rewarding tale and oh that ending!''Written with Dahl's trademark characterisation and clever plotting sees one of Norway's most critically acclaimed authors at his best ... This stunning and compelling wartime thriller is reminiscent of the writing of John Le Carr and William Boyd''Kjell Ola Dahl's novels are superb. If you haven't read one you need to  right now''The kind of masterful detailed plotting that Dahl is known for ... the power of is how Dahl has given a complex human face to such an inhuman tragedy'
language: English
title: The Courier
publisher: Orenda Books