I love when I discover novels written by non-English authors because it gives so much more insight in their country and culture, in their education and how they experience their life.
Lately I’m becoming quite interested in nordic authors, and this book is clearly one of the finest that I’ve read this year.
It’s so atmospheric and the setting on the Norwegian winter is disturbing but also compelling.
The story it’s told in short chapters easy to follow and the mystery and domestic thriller it’s done at its best because I was so drawn into the plot that I finished it in one sitting.
The author has managed to create a dark investigation taken on a personal account after a chance encounter between Nina, our heroine and Mary, a missing person than is not who she assumes to be, so the enigmas and secrets add up with each chapter.
It’s atmospheric and a great psychological thriller that many lovers of the genres will appreciate.
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When the tenant of a house that university professor Nina owns with her doctor husband goes missing after an uncomfortable visit, Nina starts her own investigation ... with deeply disturbing results. The long-awaited new thriller from the bestselling author of The Bird Tribunal.The Times Book of the Month*NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IN NORWAY*WINNER of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Award‘A clever, quirky mystery, full of twists and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best’ The Times‘Ravatn, one of Norway’s premier crime writers, manages to conjure up an extra level of chilling atmosphere that will make you want to put the heating on ... The Seven Doors packs a brutal punch’ The Sun‘Wrenching and tense, a psychological chiller with multiple layers unpeeling graciously to reveal further strata of emotional bleakness and enigmas ... this tightly wound thriller echoes through increasing levels of anxiety and grief to fill a week of sleepless nights’ Maxim Jakubowski, CrimeTime______________University professor Nina is at a turning point. Her work seems increasingly irrelevant, her doctor husband is never home, relations with her difficult daughter are strained, and their beautiful house is scheduled for demolition.When her daughter decides to move into another house they own, things take a very dark turn. The young woman living there disappears, leaving her son behind, the day after Nina and her daughter pay her a visit.With few clues, the police enquiry soon grinds to a halt, but Nina has an inexplicable sense of guilt. Unable to rest, she begins her own investigation, but as she pulls on the threads of the case, it seems her discoveries may have very grave consequences for her and her family.Exquisitely dark and immensely powerful, The Seven Doors is a sophisticated and deeply disturbing psychological thriller from one of Norway’s most distinguished voices.______________Praise for Agnes Ravatn‘An unrelenting atmosphere of doom fails to prepare readers for the surprising resolution’ Publishers Weekly‘Unfolds in an austere style that perfectly captures the bleakly beautiful landscape of Norway’s far north’ Irish Times‘Reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith – and I can’t offer higher praise than that – Agnes Ravatn is an author to watch’ Philip Ardagh‘A tense and riveting read’ Financial Times‘Crackling, fraught and hugely compulsive slice of Nordic Noir ... tremendously impressive’ Big Issue‘Beautifully done ... dark, psychologically tense and packed full of emotion both overt or deliberately disguised’ Raven Crime Reads‘Intriguing ... enrapturing’ Sarah Hilary
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