The Frozen Woman

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2018
Two time winner of Norway's Best Crime Novel
A FROZEN BODY
A MURDERED BIKER
A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST

A FROZEN BODY... A MURDERED BIKER... A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST

In the depths of the Norwegian winter, the corpse of a woman is discovered in the garden of a notorious left-wing lawyer, Vilhelm Thygesen. She has been stabbed to death.

A young biker, a member of a gang once represented by Thygesen, dies in suspicious circumstances.

As Thygesen receives anonymous threats, investigating detectives Stribolt and Vaage uncover a web of crime and violence extending far beyond Norway's borders.

Does the frozen woman hold the key?

• Winner of the Riverton Prize for Norway's best crime novel (the second time Michelet has won this prestigious award)
• First English translation of this overwhelmingly successful Scandinavian crime novel and series
• One of the genre's original proponents, Michelet is often considered the 'Godfather of Nordic Noir'
• Other novel in series, White as Snow (to be published by No Exit Press), voted best Norwegian crime novel EVER - Aftenposten 2010
• For fans of Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson
• The Frozen Woman published in Norwegian, Dutch and French
• Michelet is also a household name in Norway for his five eight-hundred page volumes in the A Hero at Sea series, each of which has topped the Norwegian bestseller list in hardback and has sold over 500,000 copies!

"The Frozen Woman" was written by Jon Michelet.

Jon Michelet was one of the foremost Norwegian writers with a large body of literary work behind him; novels, plays, children's books, crime novels and debate books. He is also renowned in Norway for his strong commitment to a number of political and cultural causes. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, sailor and editor. He twice won the Riverton Prize for Best Norwegian Crime Novel. Sadly Jon passed away in April 2018.