Henning Juul
4 primary works
Book 1
Shortlisted for CrimeFest's eDunnit Award
A BRUTALISED VICTIM IN THE WILDS
A solitary tent is found to contain the body of a half-buried woman. She's been stoned to death. There are lash marks across her back. One of her hands has been cut off.
A LONE VOICE
Two years earlier internet reporter Henning Juul lost his son, Jonas, in a domestic fire. As he returns to work, physically and emotionally scarred, Henning struggles to escape this past and to be taken seriously again as a reporter - by his colleagues, his ex-wife and the police.
A MYSTERY IGNITED
Told to cover the story of the woman in the tent, he finds an increasingly dangerous trail and, despite an early arrest, he is convinced that the story is more complex than the police think...
Book 2
A Convicted Killer: Despite always maintaining his innocence, Tori Pulli, once a powerful player on Oslo's underground crime scene, has been found guilty of murder.
A Loose End: Scarred reporter, Henning Juul, is contacted by Pulli, who claims that if Henning can help clear his name he can give him details of who was responsible for the fire which killed his six-year-old son, Jonas.
A Double Threat: Desperate to continue his own search for justice, Henning realises that the information Pulli promises is life threatening, to both of them and to others. As events take a deadly turn, Henning finds himself on the trail of two killers for whom the stakes have never been higher...
Book 4
When a woman fails to return from a retreat in Italy, investigative journalist Henning Juul discovers that she never left Oslo … and her disappearance leads to a chilling case that has unexpected and devastating links to the past.
‘One of the most unusual and intense talents in the field’ Barry Forshaw, Independent
‘A sophisticated and suspenseful tale’ Jessica Mann, Literary Review
‘Suspenseful, dark and gritty … this is a must-read’ Booklist
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What secret would you kill to protect?
When Hedda Hellberg fails to return from a retreat in Italy, her husband discovers that his wife’s life is tangled in mystery. Hedda never left Oslo, the retreat has no record of her and, what’s more, she appears to be connected to the death of an old man, gunned down on the first day of the hunting season in the depths of the Swedish forests.
Henning Juul becomes involved in the case when his ex-wife joins in the search for the missing woman, and the estranged pair find themselves enmeshed both in the murky secrets of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, and in the painful truths surrounding the death of their own son.
When their lives are threatened, Juul is prepared to risk everything to uncover a sinister maze of secrets that ultimately leads to the dark heart of European history.
Chilling, gritty and unputdownable, Cursed marks the return of one of Norway’s finest crime writers.
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Praise for Thomas Enger
‘Satisfyingly tense and dark … a deep and complex book’ Sunday Times
‘MUST HAVE’ Sunday Express S Magazine
‘Intriguing’ Guardian
‘Full of suspense and heart’ Crime Monthly
‘Thomas Enger writes with verve, colour and a pace that builds to a thrilling climax’ European Literature Network
‘A crime series worth watching’ Library Journal
‘Superbly compelling … the characters leap right off the page, and the relationship between them is as twisted and complex as the story itself’ Shotsmag
‘Outstanding’ Ragnar Jónasson
‘A masterpiece of intrigue, fast-paced action and suspense that is destined to become a Nordic Noir classic’ Yrsa Sigurdardóttir
‘An intriguing new voice in crime’ NJ Cooper
‘Slick, compelling and taut’ Chris Ewan
Book 5
‘Outstanding’ Ragnar Jónasson
‘A gripping narrative that begs comparison to Stieg Larsson’ Bookpage
‘Satisfyingly tense and dark … a deep and complex book’ Sunday Times
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Crime reporter Henning Juul thought his life was over when his young son was murdered. But that was only the beginning…
Determined to find his son’s killer, Henning doggedly follows an increasingly dangerous trail, where dark hands from the past emerge to threaten everything. His ex-wife Nora is pregnant with another man’s child, his sister Trine is implicated in the fire that killed his son and, with everyone he thought he could trust seemingly hiding something, Henning has nothing to lose … except his own life.
Packed with tension and unexpected twists, Killed is the long-awaited finale of one of the darkest, most chilling and emotive series you may ever read. Someone will be killed. But who?
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Praise for Thomas Enger
‘One of the most unusual and intense writers in the field’ Barry Forshaw, Independent
‘MUST HAVE’ Sunday Express S Magazine
‘Intriguing’ Guardian
‘Sophisticated and suspenseful’ Literary Review
‘Full of suspense and heart’ Crime Monthly
‘Thomas Enger writes with verve, colour and a pace that builds to a thrilling climax’ European Literature Network
‘Superbly compelling … the characters leap right off the page’ Shotsmag
‘Destined to become Nordic Noir classic’ Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
‘Slick, compelling and taut’ Chris Ewan