THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS
Book Club

Norwegian by Night

1 Mins read
norwegianbynight

Another gloomy Scandinavian angst-fest? Well, hold on now… For starters, the author’s name – Derek B Miller – doesn’t seem very Nordic at all. Yes, the book is set in Oslo, but there is a major difference. For starters, the central character is an 82 year-old ex-marine from New York. Sheldon ‘Donny’ Horowitz is living with his grand-daughter in Norway following the death of his wife. It’s fair to say he is hating every minute of it, but when he gets the chance to help a six-year-old boy evade the clutches of a particularly vile Kosovan mobster, he gears himself up for what may be his final adventure. Like Tennyson’s Ulysses, it could be said of Horowtz, “Though much is taken, much abides.” Ultimately, the veteran must battle against real evil to save those he loves. Yes, there is Scandinavian angst a-plenty, but this is a wonderful crime debut for Miller. Our review is here.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related posts
Features

Meet the author: Heidi Field

We know you love to discover new crime authors, and Heidi Field is one to watch out for if you enjoy a good serial killer mystery. On 25 June 2025, her first novel – The Other Boy – comes out via Tule Publishing, and it…
News

Dept. Q: Original novel Mercy prize draw

If you’ve been enjoying Dept. Q on Netflix, why not go back to the original source? The first series of the show is based on Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which arrived in English translation in 2011. In the US it came out the following year…
Features

Interview: Jón Atli Jónasson

Although Jón Atli Jónasson isn’t a household name, if you’re a Scandi-phile or love Nordic noir you may have come across his work. Together with Baltasar Kormákur, Jón Atli wrote the screenplay for The Deep, the excellent Icelandic film which dramatised the story of a…
Crime Fiction Lover