Cold hearts /
Staalesen, Gunnar, 1947-
Cold hearts / Gunnar Staalesen ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. - London : Arcadia Books, 2013. - 300 p. ; 20 cm.
On a frosty January day in Bergen, Norway, private investigator Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her friend Margrethe has disappeared and hasn't been seen for days. Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she'd turned away a customer and returned to the neighbourhood in terror. Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with a brutal, uneasy reality. He soon finds the first body--and it won't be the last. His investigation leads him into a dark subculture where corrupted idealism has had deadly consequences.--Provided by publisher.
1908129433 (pbk.) 9781908129437 (pbk.)
GBB1B6712 bnb
015904423 Uk
Private investigators--Norway--Bergen--Fiction.
Prostitutes--Fiction.
Veum, Varg (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Bergen (Norway)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Cold hearts / Gunnar Staalesen ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. - London : Arcadia Books, 2013. - 300 p. ; 20 cm.
On a frosty January day in Bergen, Norway, private investigator Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her friend Margrethe has disappeared and hasn't been seen for days. Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she'd turned away a customer and returned to the neighbourhood in terror. Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with a brutal, uneasy reality. He soon finds the first body--and it won't be the last. His investigation leads him into a dark subculture where corrupted idealism has had deadly consequences.--Provided by publisher.
1908129433 (pbk.) 9781908129437 (pbk.)
GBB1B6712 bnb
015904423 Uk
Private investigators--Norway--Bergen--Fiction.
Prostitutes--Fiction.
Veum, Varg (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Bergen (Norway)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.