And Karen is the only one who can give him an alibi.
The news sends shockwaves through the tight-knit island community, and with no leads and no obvious motive for the murder, Karen struggles to find the killer in a race against time.
Soon she starts to suspect that the truth might lie in Doggerland's history.
This first novel in a proposed trilogy has terrific characters as well as effectively inventing a new
genre, Anglo-Nordic noir
A
cracking police procedural set in a richly described isolated island community
An
excellent police procedural - she does detail brilliantly - but also really
thrilling. I love books that send me somewhere completely new and I really enjoyed Doggerland. She captured it perfectly, and
held me there for the whole thingKaren Eiken
reminds me a bit of Jane Tennison: a strong, feminine and dedicated woman confronted by sexism within the police force while doing her job. At the same time striving not to be eaten up by the pressure of duties, struggling to quit smoking and not drinking too much. The island is a cool setting too, a bit Shetland-like . . . a good debut
A
suspenseful and
intriguing story that combines the best of British crime writing tradition with Nordic noir. Doggerland is
a unique and alluring universe that I can't wait to revisit
Fatal Isles has everything I want from nordic noir - a
spellbinding plot,
atmospheric setting and a wonderfully flawed protagonist.
I loved itFatal Isles is an
impressive debut combining an empathetic main character tormented by her past, with a detailed, complex police procedural. Adolfsson's main achievement, however, is Doggerland, a believable island nation where everyone knows everyone else and the mistrust of outsiders runs deep
Maria Adolfsson lives in Stockholm where she worked as a communications director and now writes full-time. The Doggerland series has been sold in to 18 languages to date, and has sold over 330,000 copies in Sweden alone.