Thirty Days of Darkness: This year's most chilling, twisty, darkly funny DEBUT thriller…

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I felt drawn to Thirty Days of Darkness from the start. I loved the cover (did you spot Hannah in the window?) and of course the premise, which made me expect a Nordic crime story a little off the beaten path. I started it one evening, trying it on for size, and found I was already 21% in when I first came up for air. Safe to say I found it a compelling read from the get-go and it definitely lived up to my expectations.

Thirty Days of Darkness - Foreword Reviews

The town of Barrow, Alaska (now Utqiaġvik), is preparing for its annual period of the winter with a month-long polar night. As the town gets ready, a stranger arrives from a large ship and sabotages the town's communications and transports. Barrow's sheriff, Eben Oleson, investigates and also learns that his estranged wife, Stella, missed the last plane out of town and must stay the 30 days.

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Jørn revels in tormenting Hannah and it makes for entertaining reading. In the heat of the moment Hannah proclaims that any idiot can write a book and paints herself into a corner. Within a month, she has to complete a crime novel, and she will learn that it’s not quite as easy as she thinks. When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður – a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colorful local characters – for inspiration. Kiele Sanchez Takes Over For Melissa George in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days". ReelzChannel. October 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010 . Retrieved January 8, 2009. Den britiske kriminallitteratur har de seneste år budt på en del bøger, der leger med genren og på en gang skriver en krimi og laver sjov med hele krimitraditionen. Det er nok mere den tendens, Jenny Lund Madsen skriver sig ind i. Og det er til gengæld også både sjovt og godt set. For nu, hvor hele verden synes at elske “Nordic Noir”, er det da også ret oplagt, at de vil elske parodien herpå, som ‘Tredive dages mørke’ i bund og grund er. Romanen foregår endda i mørket og sneen i en lille islandsk by. Det bliver ikke meget mere Nordic Noir end det.

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Hannah is as fascinating as the mystery she uncovers. She’s a cranky alcoholic, and her acerbic, unfiltered observations and clumsy attempts at investigation result in dark, understated humor. She is the last person anyone would have expected to become so invested in the fate of a stranger, yet she fights harder than anyone else to follow all of the loose ends left by the young man’s murder and bring peace to the victim’s grieving loved ones.Such a clever, original twist on the Nordic Noir tradition – darkly humorous and utterly captivating’ Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

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Borys Kit (September 11, 2006). " 'Night' dawns for Huston in Col horror pic". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006 . Retrieved 2006-10-13.Mysteriet är förutsägbart, vilket det stämmer med att det ska vara en drift med genren. Det finns en del outnyttjade trådar som stör mig, exempelvis en som har koppling till det isländska arvet. Där hade det kunnat bli lite mer originellt. Dreadful.When I read this kind of bad book,trying to be charitable,I sometimes wonder if they're not intended as a (badly done) parody,but no, it's just plain awful. Hovedpersonen Hanne er en midaldrende, alkoholiseret biseksuel forfatter med anmeldersucces men uden publikumstække. Hun smider en bog i hovedet på Jønke, en kendt krimiforfatter, som folk flokkes om i forbindelse med bogmessen. Her indgår hun også et væddemål om, at hun kan skrive en krimi på 30. dage. Hendes forlægger Bastian sender hende til Island. Kort efter findes en ung mand myrdet, og så tager begivenhederne fart. This is a real treat. Witty, dark, meta, ingenious and hugely compelling. LOVED the Icelandic setting and satirical observations. EXCELLENT." - Will Dean Barkan, Jonathan (January 29, 2010). "Invada Announces '30 Days Of Night' Vinyl For Record Store Day 2015". BD . Retrieved January 29, 2015.