BLIX & RAMM ARE BACK
The second nerve-shredding thriller in the international bestselling, award-winning Blix & Ramm series which has sold over a million copies worldwide
SMOKE SCREEN
by Thomas Enger & Jørn Lier Horst
translated by Megan Turney
PUBLICATION DATE: 18 FEBRUARY 2021 | ORENDA BOOKS | PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | £8.99
Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion and the city is put on terrorist alert.
Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Semplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten ten years earlier ... and never found.
Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the unsolved case, as public interest heightens, the terror threat is raised, and it becomes clear that Patricia’s disappearance is not all that it seems...
The second in the hard-boiled and furiously compelling Blix & Ramm series, created by Thomas Enger and Jørn Lier Horst, two of the biggest names in Nordic Noir.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger are the internationally bestselling Norwegian authors of the William Wisting and Henning Juul series respectively. Jørn Lier Horst first rose to
literary fame with his No. 1 internationally bestselling William Wisting series. A former investigator in the Norwegian police, Horst imbues all his works with an unparalleled realism and suspense. Thomas Enger is the journalist-turned-author behind the internationally acclaimed and bestselling Henning Juul series. Enger’s trademark has become a darkly gritty voice paired with key social messages and tight plotting. Besides writing fiction for both adults and young adults, Enger also works as a music composer. Death Deserved was Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s first co-written thriller. They are currently working on the third book in the Blix & Ramm series.
PRAISE FOR BLIX AND RAMM
‘Grim, gory and filled with plenty of dark twists ... There’s definitely a Scandinavian chill in the air with this fascinating read’
The Sun
‘Everything about this crime novel sings ... the past bleeds into the present and the clever melding of the strands of the story and the slow reveal of details that propel the story is masterly’
New Books Magazine
‘A fast-moving, punchy, serial killer investigative novel with a whammy of an ending’
LoveReading
‘A clever, gripping crime novel with personality, flair and heart’
Crime by the Book
Orenda Books is a small independent publishing company specialising in literary fiction with a heavy emphasis on crime/thrillers, and approximately half the list in translation. Orenda Books was voted WINNER of the CWA Dagger for Best Crime and Mystery Publisher of the Year in 2020. They’ve been twice shortlisted for the Nick Robinson Best Newcomer Award at the IPG awards, and publisher and owner Karen Sullivan was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2016. In 2018, they were awarded a prestigious Creative Europe grant for their translated books programme.
Three authors, including Agnes Ravatn, Matt Wesolowski and Amanda Jennings have been WHSmith Fresh Talent picks, and Ravatn’s The Bird Tribunal was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, won an English PEN Translation Award, and adapted for BBC Radio Four’s Book at Bedtime. Ten titles have been short- or longlisted for the CWA Daggers; Doug Johnstone has been shortlisted (twice) for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and Helen FitzGerald, Matt Wesolowski and Will Carver have been long/shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.
Launched in 2014 with a mission to bring more international literature to the UK market, Orenda Books publishes a host of debuts, many of which have gone on to sell millions worldwide, and looks for fresh, exciting new voices that push the genre in new directions. Bestselling authors include Ragnar Jonasson, Antti Tuomainen, Gunnar Staalesen, Michael J. Malone, Kjell Ola Dahl, Louise Beech, Johana Gustawsson, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Helen FitzGerald, Doug Johnstone and Will Carver.
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Review
By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Thomas Enger, Jorn Lier Horst, Megan Turney, Orenda Books and Random Things Tours for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
WOW!!! WOW!! Smoke Screen by Thomas Enger and Jorn Lier Horst reads like a story ripped from the headlines! I was hooked line and sinker from the beginning of this incredibly fast paced, suspenseful, intense read. This is book to put on your TBR must read list.
Thomas Enger and Jorn Lier Horst make a phenomenal writing team. Their writing style was so different and unique than I have ever read prior.
The New Years Eve Blast reminded me of the terror and loss of what happened in NYC on 9/11. Both Thomas and Jorn Lier wrote this intense scene with incredible attention to detail. As a reader I felt as if I was there watching it happen.
My heart went out to Emma when lost her boyfriend during that blast.
The authors picked very unique names for their characters. I loved the names Kasper and Martine. However, I will admit some of the names chosen I had difficult saying in my mind as I have never seen them before.
I loved Ruth-Christine Smeplass and her daughter Patricia’s story. Patricia went missing years ago and was presumed dead! I am a sucker for a good missing person case! This one had so many twists, turns and shocking surprises in store!
The acknowledgements in this book outside of the box than I am used to reading. It was a conversation back and forth with both authors. I found it comical in a way.
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Huge thanks for the blog tour support Heidi xx
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