The Corpse Stone
Six years after she last released a book about the police investigators Bitte Røed and Verner Jacobsen, Marit Reiersgård returns with a new book in the same series.
In an apartment in Drammen, a man is found dead, locked in a rose-painted chest from the 19th century. The victim was an avid hunter, and the hunting party he belonged to turns out to have ties to severe environmental crime. The investigation unveils a tragic family story spanning generations. The investigators Bitte Røed and Verner Jacobsen soon glimpse a strong motif and fear that other lives are in danger. Simultaneously, their mutual attraction leads to shame and a sense of guilt, as Verner is married and soon to be a father. It all ends in an ice-cold drama in a tiny town in the Hallingdal valley.