{"product_id":"thirty-days-of-darknessbooks","title":"Thirty Days of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then a body appears …              an atmospheric, darkly funny, twisty debut thriller, first in an addictive new series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`An original and thoroughly enjoyable treat´               \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Dark and sharp …              A lot of fun´               \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Witty, dark, meta, ingenious and hugely compelling. I LOVED the Icelandic setting and satirical observations´               \u003cb\u003eWill Dean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Hilariously scathing. Satirises genre fiction while creating a first-class example of it, full of suspects, red herrings and twists …              wit and originality make it a joy to read´               \u003cb\u003eMark Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for Best Danish Crime Novel**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Crime Fiction Lover Award for Best Crime Book in Translation**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Longlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted for the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards: Best Debut**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOMING SOON TO NETFLIX.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e–             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             –             \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer’             s block, Hannah has the feeling that she’             s doing something wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 Hú              safjö              ð              ur –              a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters –              for inspiration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman’             s young son is pulled from the water …              and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk …              including Hannah…             \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtmospheric, dramatic and full of nerve-jangling twists and turns, \u003ci\u003eThirty Days of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eis a darkly funny, unsettling debut Nordic Noir thriller that marks the start of a breath-taking new series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e______________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Dark and atmospheric …              a bleak and beautiful evocation of Iceland, and Hannah is a pitch-perfect depiction of the bombastic neurosis that we writers know so very well´               \u003cb\u003eHarriet Tyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Such a clever, original twist on the Nordic Noir tradition –              darkly humorous and utterly captivating´               \u003cb\u003eEva Bjö              rg Æ              gisdó              ttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`A fantastic debut …              Darkly funny, tense and a lot of poking fun at crime-writing´               \u003cb\u003eTariq Ashkanani\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Delightfully dark´               \u003cb\u003eAntti Tuomainen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`So atmospheric´               \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`An absolute gem …              a superb mix of humour and dark, twisty crime fiction with an added layer of contemplation regarding what makes books 'literary'. The Icelandic setting is perfectly drawn …               Not to be missed´               \u003cb\u003eYrsa Sigurð              ardó              ttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Shades of Fargo and Twin Peaks –              and there’             s no higher praise than that. Absolutely brilliant!´               \u003cb\u003eRod Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`A truly original thriller that perfectly balances humour and suspense´               \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`A hugely enjoyable read with thrills and laughs, as Hannah sticks her nose in where it’             s not welcome´               \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`So satisfying …              a truly great read´              \u003cb\u003e Lilja Sigurð              ardó              ttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             A skilful, witty mash-up …              really entertaining´               \u003cb\u003eAly Monroe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`This reminded me somewhat of the more recent, meta efforts of the great Anthony Horowitz´               \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookbag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`The most original thriller of the year´               \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitiken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Madsen, Jenny Lund","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Crime Thriller)","offer_id":47221441724640,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_50917e83-09ba-41a0-8e46-9e2365908e78.jpg?v=1743951983","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/thirty-days-of-darknessbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}