Burned A Novel

The internationally bestselling crime novel delivers an atmospheric blend of shock and suspense that readers across the globe can't put down. With his first novel, Burned, Thomas Enger has already established himself as an international master of suspense. A bestseller in many of the twelve countries in which he's published, Enger brilliantly evokes the dark moodiness of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo, yet his setting and characters feel universal, and his plotting and pacing are suspenseful and dramatic at every turn. Meet Henning Juul, investigative crime reporter in Norway's bustling maritime city of Oslo. Divorced and traumatized after the death of his six-year-old son, physically and emotionally scarred by the fire that killed his boy, Henning has just returned to the job when a horrifying discovery turns up in one of the city's public parks. A beautiful young, local woman has been buried up to her neck and stoned to death. The brutality of the crime shakes the whole country. When Henning is given the assignment, he's shaken, too, still reeling from his own recent traumaand working with his ex-wife's new boyfriend doesn't make it any easier. When the victim's boyfriend, a Pakistani native, is arrested, Henning knows the man is innocent. This was no simple Middle Eastern-style honor killing in the face of adulteryit was a far more complicated gesture, one that will drag Henning into a darkness he's never dreamed of. Uncovering class divisions, racial conflicts, and tangled emotions, this gritty, page-turning novel of suspense heralds the arrival of a major new talent.

Thomas Enger is a former journalist. He made his debut with the crime novel Burned (Skinndød) in 2010, which became an international sensation before publication. Burned is the first in a series of five books about the journalist Henning Juul, which delves into the depths of Oslo’s underbelly, skewering the corridors of dirty politics and nailing the fast-moving world of 24-hour news. Rights to the series have been sold to 28 countries to date. In 2013 Enger published his first book for young adults, a dark fantasy thriller called The Evil Legacy, for which he won the U-prize (best book Young Adult). Killer Instinct, another Young Adult suspense novel, was published in Norway in 2017. Rights have been sold to Germany and Iceland. Enger also composes music, and he lives in Oslo.
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