The Blue Place
Published on 3. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-83726-448-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Danger is desperately seductive . . .'
Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the colour of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway, she now lives in the sticky heat of Atlanta-a security consultant gliding between the city's elegant elite and its sleazy underbelly.
One night during a thunderstorm Aud collides with a running woman, and to survive the deadly mix of forgery, drugs, and murder that follows, she must risk losing herself to that cool blue place where violence is bliss . . .
Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the colour of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway, she now lives in the sticky heat of Atlanta-a security consultant gliding between the city's elegant elite and its sleazy underbelly.
One night during a thunderstorm Aud collides with a running woman, and to survive the deadly mix of forgery, drugs, and murder that follows, she must risk losing herself to that cool blue place where violence is bliss . . .
Reviews / Votes
The Blue Place is as good as I've read in years. Such brilliant writing and lyrical attention to detail. Wow! -- ALEX GRAY If Jack Reacher had a sister, she'd be Aud Torvingen . . . he would love her but he'd be a little scared of her, too -- LEE CHILD Without Aud Torvingen it's difficult to see how there could have been a Lisbeth Salander -- VAL McDERMID Visceral, unflinching, superbly executed, ultimately optimistic: Aud as in audacious -- FRANCIS SPUFFORD Razor sharp -- THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWMore details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83726-448-3 (9781837264483)
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Person
Nicola Griffith is the Lambda, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of nine novels, including Hild and Spear. She holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and is known for both her work on identifying and tracing bias in the literary ecosystem and as a consultant on disability issues. She is a dual US/UK citizen and lives with her wife, fellow writer Kelley Eskridge in Seattle, in a house on the edge of a ravine.