How often do you hear the phrase \u201ccomic Nordic Noir\u201d? I\u2019m guessing not often. Yet that\u2019s exactly what Madson delivers in this delightful\/terrifying novel that parodies the publishing industry while also taking on a real, live murder case. Hannah is one of Denmark\u2019s most successful literary authors, even if no one actually reads her. Forced by her editor to attend a book convention\u2014snobbish Hannah abhors these sorts of things\u2014she manages to get into an argument with crime writer J\u00f8rn Jensen, Denmark\u2019s James Patterson. In the end, she agrees to Jensen\u2019s challenge to write a crime novel in one month. Why not? All she\u2019s doing is facing a nasty case of writer\u2019s block while day drinking. To keep her focused, her editor bundles her off to the rural, coastal Icelandic town of H\u00fasafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, where Hannah lives with an older woman, Ella. Hannah\u2019s take on life in H\u00fasafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is wonderfully droll\u2014indeed, the town and its cast of characters would make the perfect setting for a cozy. But things take a more violent turn when Ella\u2019s nephew Thor drowns, likely murdered. Faced with a completely incompetent police officer, Hannah can\u2019t help but take on the investigation herself. And best of all, the sleuthing will let her gather all the information she needs to write her mystery. If, of course, she survives. For fans of Anthony Horowitz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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