About the author

Kjell Ola Dahl (born 4 February 1958) is a Norwegian writer, who is sometimes known professionally as K. O. Dahl.

His writing career began with the publishing of Dødens Investeringer (Lethal Investments) in 1993 and he has subsequently authored more than a dozen novels, many short stories, several non-fiction books, and co-written two screenplays with the writer/director Hisham Zaman.

He is best known for his eleven Nordic noir crime novels which feature his Oslo detectives Frølich and Gunnarstranda. Six of these have been published in English, translated by Don Bartlett.

Speaking of his own work in Nordic Noir Dahl says ‘I’m never entirely satisfied with my work – I’m pleased, of course, that readers find things to enjoy in them, but I can always see their weaknesses all too clearly'.

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Frank Frølich har sagt sit job i politiet op og er begyndt som privatefterforsker.  På vej hjem fra en rutineopgave for et forsikringsselskab møder han den farverige Matilde og forelsker sig hovedkulds. Mødet bliver startskuddet til en række hændelser, hvor Frølich først bliver involveret i en personeftersøgning, der skal hjælpe en asylansøger (og Matilde), men som i virkeligheden dækker over noget andet og farligere.  Han bliver kastet direkte ud i en brandvarm storpolitisk affære om passagerfærgen Sea Breeze, der for år tilbage under mystiske omstændigheder gik i brand og krævede flere end 150 dødsofre. Og pludselig befinder Frølich sig ubehageligt centralt i politiets efterforskning af drabet på en forfatter, der skrev kontroversielt om både asylpolitik og Sea Breeze. SØSTEREN er en krimi om desperate handlinger, og om hvordan magtinstanserne i et samfund kan have indvirkning på det enkelte menneskes skæbne.
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Edition2
Printed pages367 Sider
Publish date09 Nov 2018
Published byModtryk
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ISBN epub9788770071123
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