num_pages: 323
description: Varg Veum takes on the perplexing case of a missing wind-farm inspector and gets more than he bargained for as religious zealots environmental terrorism and then murder take centre stage  The gripping next instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum series by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir. 'Not many books hook you in the first chapter  this one did and never let go!' Mari Hannah 'Mature and captivating' Rosemary Goring Herald Scotland 'Moving uncompromising' Publishers Weekly  1998. Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend Karin whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder of the mistakes he's made. Investigating the seemingly innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector Varg Veum is thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career riddled with conflicts environmental terrorism religious fanaticism unsolved mysteries and dubious business ethics. Then in one of the most heart-stopping scenes in crime fiction the first body appears A chilling timeless story of love revenge and desire We Shall Inherit the Wind deftly weaves contemporary issues with a stunning plot that will leave you gripped to the final page. This is Staalesen at his most thrilling thought-provoking best.  Praise for Gunnar Staalesen 'There is a world-weary existential sadness that hangs over his central detective. The prose is stripped back and simple  deep emotion bubbling under the surface  the real turmoil of the characters' lives just under the surface for the reader to intuit rather than have it spelled out for them' Doug Johnstone The Big Issue 'Gunnar Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway his private eye Varg Veum is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means wolf  in Norwegian and this is a series with very sharp teeth' Ian Rankin 'Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists' Financial Times 'Chilling and perilous results  all told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday Times 'Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry' Publishers Weekly 'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle and it's in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies' Herald Scotland 'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo' Independent 'With an expositional style that is all but invisible Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages  If you're a fan of Varg Veum this is not to be missed and if you're new to the series this is one of the best ones. You're encouraged to jump right in even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to follow' Crime Fiction Lover 'With short smart darkly punchy chapters Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping read' LoveReading 'Haunting dark and totally noir a great read' New Books Magazine 'An upmarket Philip Marlowe' Maxim Jakubowski The Bookseller 'Razor-edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finest' Quentin Bates
language: English
title: We Shall Inherit the Wind
publisher: ORENDA BOOKS