Samuel Bjork Books

Mia Kruger returns to the serene island of Hitra, seeking solace from her tumultuous past as a police investigator. Her peace is disrupted when she is approached by young Sofia, who seeks help in finding her missing friend, Jonathan, who vanished three years prior. As Mia delves into the cold case, a recent murder linked to Jonathan surfaces, prompting her to enlist former boss Holger Munch. Together, they must unravel a web of deceit in the seemingly tranquil community before the killer strikes again.

"When the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads 'I'm travelling alone'. In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a special homicide unit. But to complete the team, he must track down his former partner, Mia Kruger - a brilliant but troubled detective - who has retreated to a solitary island with plans to kill herself. Reviewing the file, Mia finds something new - a thin line carved into the dead girl's fingernail - the number 1. She knows that this is only the beginning. To save other children from the same fate, she must find a way to cast aside her own demons and stop this murderer from becoming a serial killer."--Back cover.

Two books into this stark but compelling series, Bjork's trademark themes are the lethal intersection of technology with child abuse and misogyny. The Sunday Times

The bestselling series, a former Richard and Judy bookclub pick, returns with another chilling case. 'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express Munch and Krüger. An unexpected pairing. A brilliant team. Winter 1996. An old man is driving home when his headlights catch an animal on the empty road up ahead. He stamps hard on the brakes. But it is not an animal at all. It is a young boy, frightened and alone, with a set of deer antlers strapped firmly to his head. Fourteen years later, a body is found in a mountain lake. Within weeks, three people have died. Each time, the killer has left a clue, inviting Special Investigations Detectives Munch and Krüger to play a deadly game - a game they cannot possibly win. Against the most dangerous and terrifying kind of serial killer. One who chooses their victims completely at random. To find the killer they must look deep within their own dark pasts, but how can you stop a murderer when you cannot begin to predict their next move?

In Sweden two young boys are murdered, their corpses left in an almost brutally artistic arrangement, and the case remains unsolved. Years later, two more young boys are murdered in Norway in similar circumstances. Mia Kr ger, a young trainee at the Police Academy is drafted in to help solve the case due to her uncanny ability to piece together these horrific stories. Teamed up with Munch, her skills and his experience start to show that the two cases may be connected.

In una mattina di sole, sulle sponde di un fiordo a sud di Oslo, viene trovato il cadavere di un'adolescente, nuda e magrissima, adagiata su un letto di piume, circondata da candele disposte a formare una stella a cinque punte. Holger Munch, capo dell'unità speciale per i delitti più efferati, comprende subito che deve contattare Mia Krüger. Tuttavia, Mia è fuori dalla squadra; nonostante i suoi successi nell'analizzare le menti criminali, è considerata troppo instabile dai dirigenti della polizia norvegese e sospesa dal servizio, costretta a consultare uno psicologo. Questo provvedimento la riporta in un isolamento e in manie autodistruttive. Munch, consapevole che solo Mia può decifrare il rituale legato alla vittima e prevenire ulteriori omicidi, decide di richiamarla nella sua squadra, sfidando i suoi superiori. Inizia così una frenetica caccia all'uomo che porterà Mia, Holger e i colleghi a esplorare i segreti inconfessabili di una città apparentemente perfetta, i traumi di persone sole e abbandonate, e gli abissi della follia.

Spannende vijfsterren-thrillers van de Noorse schrijver Samuel Bjørk, met in de hoofdrollen inspecteur Holger Munch en zijn collega Mia Krüger Ik reis alleen Op het Noorse platteland wordt een zesjarig meisje gevonden, met een springtouw opgeknoopt aan een boom. Ze draagt vreemde poppenkleren en er hangt een vliegtuiglabel om haar nek met de tekst ik reis alleen. Als blijkt dat het land wordt geteisterd door een sluwe moordenaar, wordt Munchs speciale onderzoeksteam weer tot leven gewekt. De doodsvogel Een tienermeisje lijkt ritueel vermoord te zijn en Munch wordt op de zaak gezet. De bijdrage van zijn superrechercheur Mia Krüger is cruciaal, maar zij worstelt met zelfmoordneigingen en verslaving…

In een bergmeer wordt een 21-jarige ballerina gevonden, bruut vermoord. De politie vindt in het bos vlakbij een camera op een statief, precies gericht op de plaats delict. Het nummer ‘4’ is in de lens gekrast. Inspecteur Holger Munch is met verlof om te zorgen voor zijn dochter, maar besluit om terug te komen voor het onderzoek naar de ballerina. Mia Krüger, net ontslagen uit een afkickkliniek, is op weg naar een welverdiende vakantie in de Cariben wanneer Munch opduikt en haar vraagt om zich over de zaak te buigen. Ze besluit haar vakantie uit te stellen en te helpen met het onderzoek. Als Mia ook nog een van corruptie verdachte collega in de gaten moet houden, komt alles in een levensgevaarlijke stroomversnelling…

The thrilling follow-up to Samuel Bjork s internationally bestselling I'm Traveling Alone , which The Wall Street Journal calls tense and smartly constructed When a troubled teenager disappears from an orphanage and is found murdered, her body arranged on a bed of feathers, veteran investigator Holger Munch and his team are called into the case. Star investigator Mia Kruger, on temporary leave while she continues to struggle with her own demons, jumps back on the team and dives headfirst into this case: just in time to decode the clues in a disturbing video of the victim before she was killed, being held prisoner like an animal in a cage. Meanwhile, Munch s daughter, Miriam, meets an enticing stranger at a party a passionate animal rights activist who begins to draw her into his world and away from her family. Munch, Kruger, and the team must hunt down the killer before he can strike again in this sophisticated, intricately plotted psychological thriller by the newest phenomenon in international crime fiction."