Bibliograph

Burned, a novel, Thomas Enger

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Burned, a novel, Thomas Enger

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

unknown

Main title

Burned

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

893154475

Responsibility statement

Thomas Enger

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Uncovering class divisions, racial conflicts, and tangled emotions, this gritty, shocking novel of suspense heralds the arrival of a major new talent. Henning Juul is a veteran investigative crime reporter in Oslo, Norway. A horrific fire killed his six-year-old son, cut scars across his face, and ended his marriage, and on his first day back at the job after the terrible tragedy a body is discovered in one of the city's public parks. A beautiful female college student has been stoned to death and buried up to her neck, her body left bloody and exposed. The brutality of the crime shakes the whole country, but despite his own recent trauma ' and the fact that his ex-wife's new boyfriend is also on the case - Henning is given the assignment. When the victim's boyfriend, a Pakistani native, is arrested, Henning feels certain the man is innocent. This was not simply a Middle Eastern-style honor killing in the face of adultery ' it was a far more complicated gesture, and one that will drag Henning into a darkness he's never dreamed of

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