Olivier Norek

Koko maailman valloittanut ranskalainen menestysromaani Suomen talvisodasta ja sen suuresta sankarista, Simo Häyhästä. Keskellä hyistä ja viiltävää talven kylmyyttä syttyy sota. Taistelujen ja kuoleman keskellä syntyy myös legenda, tarina "valkoisesta kuolemasta", nuoresta miehestä jonka ylivertaiset ampumataidot pelastavat kansakuntamme varmalta tuholta. Historiallisesti tarkka ja kerronnaltaan järisyttävän hieno romaani kertoo Simo Häyhän matkan nuoresta, huolettomasta pojasta maailman tunnetuimmaksi tarkka-ampujaksi. Talven soturit on jylhä, koskettava, unohtumaton ja pelottavan ajankohtainen tarina pienestä kansasta suuren vihollisen edessä.

A second blistering crime novel set in France's most notorious suburb, by a police officer turned million-copy bestseller and key writer on Spiral"Hits the ground running and never lets up . . . This impressive debut is slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted . . . It will make you cry out (for more)" - Mark Sanderson, The Times on The Lost and the DamnedThe summary execution of three dealers - one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team - is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France's most notorious suburb. Now there's a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the local mayor, no stranger to the criminal underworld, is willing to make a pact with the devil if it will secure her a third term. Enter Capitaine Coste and his team, ready to break the rules to prevent the drugs squad from throwing an elderly stash-minder to the lions as bait. But when the blue touchpaper is lit on the estates, it will be all they can do to save their own skins from the inferno. Once again, Norek draws on all his experience as a police officer in France's capital of crime - the same experience he drew on as a writer for the hit TV series Spiral - making Turf Wars the most authentic crime novel you'll read all year. Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

"Gripping . . . everything he writes is thrilling" Literary Review"Hits the ground running and never lets up . . . Slick, sick and not for the faint-hearted . . . It will make you cry out (for more)" - Mark Sanderson, The Times on The Lost and the DamnedOlivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on SPIRAL and a million-copy bestsellerThe summary execution of three dealers - one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team - is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France's most notorious suburb. Now there's a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the local mayor, no stranger to the criminal underworld, is willing to make a pact with the devil if it will secure her a third term. Enter Capitaine Coste and his team, ready to break the rules to prevent the drugs squad from throwing an elderly stash-minder to the lions as bait. But when the blue touchpaper is lit on the estates, it will be all they can do to save their own skins from the inferno. Once again, Norek draws on all his experience as a police officer in France's capital of crime - the same experience he drew on as a writer for the hit TV series Spiral - making Turf Wars the most authentic crime novel you'll read all year. What readers are saying about Olivier NorekYou can see the similarities with the TV series Spiral, which can only be a major positive! A hard hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact. A great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark. I loved this book. Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page turner. Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

Hårdkokt fransk spänning i Parismiljö Efter Victor Costes senaste utredning har allt verkat lugnare i departement 93. Men Coste och hans team får knappast någon chans att njuta av lugnet då flera knarkkungar mördas i området. Plötsligt befinner teamet sig mitt uppe i ett brutalt, och till synes oförklarligt, krig. Knarkgömmor hemma hos pensionärer, korrupta myndigheter och en borgmästares dotter som beskjuts på väg hem från skolan. Vem ligger bakom dåden som hotar att slita staden i stycken? Territoriet är den andra fristående delen i trilogin om kommissarie Victor Coste. Det är en mörk berättelse som utspelar sig i en olycksbådande värld, där till och med mördarna är marionetter. "... andlöst spännande /.../ Alltigenom suverän läsning!" - Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet "Thrillerns mästare" - Elle "... ett säkert kort för dem som gillar hårdkokta deckare med ekon från verkligheten" - BTJ-häftet 16/2022, Karin Flygare "Smart ... och inte för den svaghjärtade. Den kommer att få dig att gråta (efter mer)." - The Times "Gripande ... allt han skriver är spännande" - Literary Review Olivier Norek slog igenom med deckaren Ytspänning, som fick fantastiska recensioner och nominerades till bästa översatta spänningsroman av Svenska Deckarakademin. 2021 släpptes deckaren Kod 93 på svenska, den första boken om kommissarie Victor Coste och hans parisiska utredningsteam. Norek jobbar som polis i Paris mest utsatta områden, och skriver insatt om kriminella gäng och knepiga utredningar.

"Gripping, horrifying, and surprisingly moving." --Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainWith over 250,000 copies sold, an award-winning WWII novel about the heroism of a single Finnish infantry company--and the best sniper the world has ever seen--defending their country against the largest army in the worldIntense, propulsive, and deeply human, The Winter Warriors is an stunning historical novel of Finnish heroism in the face of Soviet invasion. November 1939: The Soviet Union, the largest army in the world, invades its tiny, relatively defenseless neighbor Finland, just three months after the declaration of World War II. So began what is known as the Winter War. A small makeshift company of soldiers, workers, and farmers must face off against columns of tanks and millions of Stalin's Red Army fighters. In this propulsive and deeply moving narrative based on the true story of the Finnish infantry division, heroes emerge: the star sniper Simo H yh , nicknamed the "White Death"; the young men from farms and villages who meet again on the battlefield to fight for their homes; nurses who must treat old childhood friends. The soldiers go to battle with old guns as their wounds freeze in the unforgiving cold, and yet not only do they resist the Soviet soldiers, but they force the superpower to offer terms for peace only six months later. The Winter Warriors is a testament to the Finnish quality of "sisu" inner strength and determination which prevails in the face of overwhelming odds.

WINNER OF THE PRIX JEAN GIONOFINALIST FOR THE PRIX INTERALLIÉWinter, 1939. As WWII rages, the Soviet Union’s Red Army invades Finland. They aren’t expecting the Finns to fight back – and win. The Winter Warriors is an unbelievable true story of resistance, heroism, and the best sniper the world has ever seen. ‘A masterpiece’ Jean-Christophe Buisson, Le Figaro ‘A dazzling success’ Stéphanie Janicot, La Croix ______ “A single man can change the course of history. At the heart of the harshest of its winters, at the heart of the bloodiest war in its history, Finland saw the birth of a legend. The legend of Simo Häyhä, the White Death.” Three months after the beginning of WWII, in November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded their tiny and relatively defenceless neighbour Finland. So began what is known as the Winter War. Against overwhelming odds the makeshift Finnish army not only resisted the Red Army, they forced it to offer terms for peace. Olivier Norek’s breathtaking novel is the story of one company at the heart of the defence of its country in the face of a horrific invasion. The Russians so far outnumbered their enemy that but for the almost unimaginable folly of their commanders and but for the heroism of the Finnish Army their neighbours would have been overrun. Nor had they taken into account the spirit of the defenders. There are countless stories of courage and some of unmatched heroism – among them the record of Simo Häyhä, who became known as the White Death and whose skill as a sniper will perhaps never be matched. ______ ‘Exhaustively researched, subtle, sensitive, and set against the background of a war which resonates with the present day. There are more than a few similarities between this story and the current Russian aggression in Ukraine’ Gilbert Chevalier, France Info ‘Norek depicts with great humanity and profound empathy the courage and resilience of the Finns, fighting for survival in extreme conditions’ Georgia Morisset, Actualitté ‘Magificent’ Mariann Payot, Express***Olivier Norek’s thriller Between Two Worlds is The Times & Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Year 2024*** ______

**A Times 19 Best Books of 2024****A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2024**** A Times 10 Best Crime and Mystery Books of 2024 so far**"A police procedural unlike anything else in contemporary crime fiction" Sunday Times"The greatest exponent of the policier at work today" Mark Sanderson, The TimesAdam Sirkis needs to flee Syria. A captain in Assad's military police, he's about to be exposed as a covert member of the Free Syrian Army, and he knows exactly what fate awaits him. His first move is to send his wife and daughter to Libya, where they can find a boat heading for Europe. Adam himself winds up in France in the Calais Jungle, the infamous camp for migrants seeking passage to the fabled Youké. Bastien Miller, a police lieutenant freshly transferred to the Calais police force, arrives at about the same time. His wife is drowning in grief for her late father and their teenage daughter may never forgive them for the move. When Adam risks his life to protect a young migrant, the two officers make a deal - information on Adam's family in exchange for intel from the Jungle. Then a body is found in the camp, and the deal becomes an alliance, uniting them in a common cause to do one good deed in a world where vice is a virtue. Reader Reviews***** "This is an exceptional book, the best one I've read in 2024 so far and I've read a lot of excellent books this year by some very big name authors"Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on SPIRAL and a million-copy bestseller"The greatest exponent of the policier at work today" Mark Sanderson, The Times"Exhilarating . . . This is not conventional crime" Barry Forshaw, FTWhen a routine kidnapping case goes badly wrong, Capitaine Vincent Coste breaks his golden rule: he starts to take things personally. And with his career hanging by a thread - his resignation letter parked in his superior's desk draw - he is plunged into his most testing ordeal yet. A raid on the vault at the Bobigny law courts. Five vital pieces of evidence swiped. Four men who can no longer be held: an armed robber, a foreign legionnaire, a kidnapper and a paedophile. But what is the connection between them? With Coste and his team at a loss, it's the moral outrage of another criminal that will throw up a lead: one they'll follow to their breaking point - and beyond. What readers are saying about Olivier NorekYou can see the similarities with the TV series Spiral, which can only be a major positive! A hard hitting and gritty French crime read that makes an impact. A great thriller, sardonic, humorous, dark. I loved this book. Well written and had an authentic feel to it. A complete page turner. Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

Hårdkokt fransk spänning i Parismiljö Efter Victor Costes senaste utredning har allt verkat lugnare i departement 93. Men Coste och hans team får knappast någon chans att njuta av lugnet då flera knarkkungar mördas i området. Plötsligt befinner teamet sig mitt uppe i ett brutalt, och till synes oförklarligt, krig. Knarkgömmor hemma hos pensionärer, korrupta myndigheter och en borgmästares dotter som beskjuts på väg hem från skolan. Vem ligger bakom dåden som hotar att slita staden i stycken? Territoriet är den andra fristående delen i trilogin om kommissarie Victor Coste. Det är en mörk berättelse som utspelar sig i en olycksbådande värld, där till och med mördarna är marionetter. "... andlöst spännande /.../ Alltigenom suverän läsning!" - Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet"Thrillerns mästare" - Elle"... ett säkert kort för dem som gillar hårdkokta deckare med ekon från verkligheten" - BTJ-häftet 16/2022, Karin Flygare"Smart ... och inte för den svaghjärtade. Den kommer att få dig att gråta (efter mer)." - The Times"Gripande ... allt han skriver är spännande" - Literary Review Olivier Norek slog igenom med deckaren Ytspänning, som fick fantastiska recensioner och nominerades till bästa översatta spänningsroman av Svenska Deckarakademin. 2021 släpptes deckaren Kod 93 på svenska, den första boken om kommissarie Victor Coste och hans parisiska utredningsteam. Norek jobbar som polis i Paris mest utsatta områden, och skriver insatt om kriminella gäng och kluriga utredningar.

Introducing Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on Spiral and an award-winning, million-copy bestseller.

Nominerad till Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman av Svenska Deckarakademin Frankrikes nya stjärnskott på deckarhimlen Noémie Chastain, kommissarie på Parispolisen, blir skjuten rakt i ansiktet mitt under ett tillslag. När hon skrivs ut från sjukhuset får hon inte komma tillbaka till sin gamla tjänst. Istället skickas hon till den fridfulla byn Avalone, med uppdraget att förbereda nedläggningen av byns polisstation. Men så flyter en tunna med ett barnskelett upp till ytan i den konstgjorda sjön intill Avalone, och istället för tid att vila upp sig får Noémie ett högprofilerat cold case på halsen. På botten av sjön döljer sig hemligheter som alla verkar vilja glömma." Spännande och välskrivet om polisarbete, inre resor, cold case och spänningen mellan Paris och landsbygden. En riktig slukarkrim med humor, värme och en mångbottnad kvinnlig huvudkaraktär." - M-magasin"Den här franska polisromanen är en av årets bästa deckare med spännande intrig, fantastiska miljöer och en hjältinna man aldrig glömmer." - Maria Näslund, Tara"En stor favorit ... Jättebra och oerhört stämningsfull." - Jenny Lindh, TV4 Nyhetsmorgon "En ny stjärna på den franska deckarhimlen ... Fantastiska beskrivningar, underbara karaktärer ... Väldigt bra!" - Monica Lindgren, Go'kväll "Fransk kriminalroman med intressant polis i huvudrollen och fantastiska miljöer på landsbygden. Välskriven spänning av författare man vill läsa mer av." - Maria Näslund, Göteborgs-Posten "Ytspänning är med rätta en av Deckarakademins nomineringar till årets bästa översatta deckare." - Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter"Att författaren arbetat som polis förvånar inte; jargongen känns äkta och miljöerna trovärdiga. Språket är lyhört och lyckas förmedla både det innersta mörkret under sömnlösa nätter och svettig action på samma självklara vis". - Göteborgs-Posten"Välskrivet, lättläst och med flera oväntade vändningar." - Lars-Rune Strandell, DAST "Noémie är okuvlig och rebellisk, en fängslande huvudperson som tack vare författarens skicklighet lyser allt klarare för varje sida." - Le Parisien"Ytspänning är en originell men också klassisk deckare som är lagom spännande hela vägen fram till slutet. Fokus ligger på smart polisarbete och det förflutnas hemligheter, snarare än brutalt våld och grymma mord. Prosan är ren, enkel och välskriven, och den fina översättningen från franska behåller en ton av originalspråket." - Christine Karlsson, BTJ Olivier Norek är polis med arton års erfarenhet från Parispolisen och författare till fyra hyllade thrillers. Ytspänning är den första som utkommer på svenska.

**A Times 19 Best Books of 2024****A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2024**** A Times 10 Best Crime and Mystery Books of 2024 so far**"A police procedural unlike anything else in contemporary crime fiction" Sunday Times"The greatest exponent of the policier at work today" Mark Sanderson, The TimesAdam Sirkis needs to flee Syria. A captain in Assad's military police, he's about to be exposed as a covert member of the Free Syrian Army, and he knows exactly what fate awaits him. His first move is to send his wife and daughter to Libya, where they can find a boat heading for Europe. Adam himself winds up in France in the Calais Jungle, the infamous camp for migrants seeking passage to the fabled Youké. Bastien Miller, a police lieutenant freshly transferred to the Calais police force, arrives at about the same time. His wife is drowning in grief for her late father and their teenage daughter may never forgive them for the move. When Adam risks his life to protect a young migrant, the two officers make a deal - information on Adam's family in exchange for intel from the Jungle. Then a body is found in the camp, and the deal becomes an alliance, uniting them in a common cause to do one good deed in a world where vice is a virtue. Reader Reviews***** "This is an exceptional book, the best one I've read in 2024 so far and I've read a lot of excellent books this year by some very big name authors"Translated from the French by Nick Caistor