This review is written with thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for my copy of Into The Dark.

Blurb:

In Norway’s far north, something unspeakable is surfacing…

When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringøy, it shocks the quiet coastal village – and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bodø apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.

Detective Jakob Weber and former national investigator Noora Yun Sande are drawn into both cases. Then a hiker reports a terrifying encounter in the nearby wilderness: a solitary cabin … and a man without a face.

As the investigation deepens, the clues grow more disturbing – and the wild, wintry landscape closes in. Jakob is certain of one thing: if they don’t find the killer soon, he’ll strike again.

SECOND in the dark, addictive Nordic Noir series set in Norway’s unforgiving Arctic north.

Review:

I really enjoyed Into Thin Air last year so I was looking forward to continuing the series. It did not disappoint. Ørjan Karlsson is a brilliant writer, and I love how he describes every scene so vividly in a way that made me feel as though I was right at the centre of the investigation.

Although Jakob is the lead investigator, Ørjan Karlsson writes about each member of the team as the focus switches with every chapter. I loved this approach as it helped me to see how they work together as a team. The author has created very detailed back stories for each of the characters, and this, coupled with the information we already know from the previous installment, gives the story an extra edge that kept me invested until the final page.

Into The Dark has several different threads and I was intrigued from an early stage by how everything would be connected. Ørjan Karlsson is a wonderful storyteller and I loved how the tension grew. He explores some important issues in society through the investigation, so although the story is dark, it is incredibly compelling.

I hope there will be further novels to come in this series!

Into The Dark is available from Amazon.