
Into The Dark: Volume 2
The dark, twisty new instalment in the chilling Arctic Mysteries series...
Orjan Karlsson(Author)
Orenda Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-1-917764-04-9 (ISBN)
Description
When a mutilated body surfaces and a woman dies mysteriously, Jakob Weber uncovers a chilling trail through Norway's wild north. SECOND in a darkly addictive Nordic Noir series.
'Expertly written, compelling and impossible to put down. This is perfect Scandi Noir. I'm hooked' Michael Wood
'This superb Scandi thriller is the perfect antidote to the plague of tweeness that infects so much crime fiction today' Mark Sanderson, The Times
'A must-read series' Nordic Watchlist
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In Norway's far north, something unspeakable is surfacing...
When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringoy, it shocks the quiet coastal village - and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bodo apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.
Detective Jakob Weber and former national investigator Noora Yun Sande are drawn into both cases. Then a hiker reports a terrifying encounter in the nearby wilderness: a solitary cabin ... and a man without a face.
As the investigation deepens, the clues grow more disturbing - and the wild, wintry landscape closes in. Jakob is certain of one thing: if they don't find the killer soon, he'll strike again.
SECOND in the dark, addictive Nordic Noir series set in Norway's unforgiving Arctic north.
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Praise for the Arctic Mysteries series
'Atmospheric' Crime Monthly
'Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal' Thomas Enger
'This is first-class Nordic Noir from the real North, where danger lurks around every corner' Gunnar Staalesen
'Dark and totally gripping ... adds a new dimension to the police procedural' European Literature Network
'Nearly as many twists and turns as Norway's Trollstigen pass ... will satisfy even the pickiest crime reader' Crime Fiction Lover
'Expertly written, compelling and impossible to put down. This is perfect Scandi Noir. I'm hooked' Michael Wood
'This superb Scandi thriller is the perfect antidote to the plague of tweeness that infects so much crime fiction today' Mark Sanderson, The Times
'A must-read series' Nordic Watchlist
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In Norway's far north, something unspeakable is surfacing...
When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringoy, it shocks the quiet coastal village - and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bodo apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.
Detective Jakob Weber and former national investigator Noora Yun Sande are drawn into both cases. Then a hiker reports a terrifying encounter in the nearby wilderness: a solitary cabin ... and a man without a face.
As the investigation deepens, the clues grow more disturbing - and the wild, wintry landscape closes in. Jakob is certain of one thing: if they don't find the killer soon, he'll strike again.
SECOND in the dark, addictive Nordic Noir series set in Norway's unforgiving Arctic north.
______
Praise for the Arctic Mysteries series
'Atmospheric' Crime Monthly
'Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal' Thomas Enger
'This is first-class Nordic Noir from the real North, where danger lurks around every corner' Gunnar Staalesen
'Dark and totally gripping ... adds a new dimension to the police procedural' European Literature Network
'Nearly as many twists and turns as Norway's Trollstigen pass ... will satisfy even the pickiest crime reader' Crime Fiction Lover
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-917764-04-9 (9781917764049)
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Ørjan Karlsson
Into The Dark
The dark, twisty new instalment in the chilling Arctic Mysteries series...
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01/2026
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Persons
Orjan N. Karlsson grew up in Bodo. A sociologist by trade, he received officer training in the army and has taken part in overseas missions. He has worked in the Defence Ministry and is now a departmental manager in the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection. He has written a large number of thrillers, sci-fi novels and crime novels for adults.
Ian Giles has a PhD in Scandinavian literature from the University of Edinburgh. Past translations include novels by crime and thriller luminaries such as Arne Dahl, Carin Gerhardsen, Michael Katz Krefeld, David Lagercrantz, Camilla Laeckberg and Gustaf Skoerdeman. His translation of Andreas Norman's Into a Raging Blaze was shortlisted for the 2015 CWA International Dagger.
Ian Giles has a PhD in Scandinavian literature from the University of Edinburgh. Past translations include novels by crime and thriller luminaries such as Arne Dahl, Carin Gerhardsen, Michael Katz Krefeld, David Lagercrantz, Camilla Laeckberg and Gustaf Skoerdeman. His translation of Andreas Norman's Into a Raging Blaze was shortlisted for the 2015 CWA International Dagger.