{"product_id":"face-to-face-don-bartlett-9781917764612","title":"Face to Face","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a dead man appears in his waiting room, Bergen private detective Varg Veum finds himself investigating a controversial death from fourteen years earlier. The internationally bestselling Varg Veum series continues...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As searing and gripping as they come\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of my very favorite Scandinavian authors\" --\u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Norwegian Chandler\" --\u003cb\u003eJo Nesb \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There was a dead man sitting in my waiting room.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins another unsettling case for Bergen private detective, Varg Veum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe identity of the dead man soon becomes clear. He had come to see Veum about a case of his own, one rooted in a death on the M re coast fourteen years earlier. A woman walked into the sea and never returned. The verdict was suicide, but not everyone believed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Veum follows the trail his silent visitor left behind, the investigation leads back to a radical student collective in Bergen in the 1970s, where political loyalties, personal rivalries and old decisions still cast long shadows. Someone has gone to great lengths to keep that past concealed, and the price of digging too deep has already proved fatal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTense, atmospheric and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003e Face to Face\u003c\/i\u003e is Gunnar Staalesen at his very, very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Bartlett,Gunnar Staalesen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917764618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917764612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Don Bartlett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997687820543,"sku":"9781917764612","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/face-to-face-don-bartlett-9781917764612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}