The Secret Brotherhood from Vienna
A masterfully crafted debut conspiracy thriller in which historic events intertwine with contemporary political reality and life in fear of terrorism. A Christian sect in Norway is brutally attacked on their farm. Many of the members are killed, while some inexplicably disappear. The police finds a high-tech laboratory at the crime scene. All indications point to that an Islamic group is behind the mass murder, but policemen Kafa Iqbal and Fredrik Beier discover that there is a larger conspiracy on the tracks, consisting of a group of eugenics scientists who met in the 1930s in Vienna.
Ingar Johnsrud
Ingar Johnsrud (b. 1974) is a renowned Norwegian journalist. Johnsrud made his literary debut in 2015 with the thriller Those Who Follow, the first installment in a planned trilogy. He has received massive attention for his sharp eye for detail, rich and innovative plotting, and confident prose.
Praised by critics as a writer who will keep readers on the edge of their seats, Johnsrud has positioned himself as one of the rising stars on the Scandinavian crime fiction scene. Ingar Johnsrud lives with his wife and three children in Oslo.