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|title=Cold Hearts

|author=Gunnar Staalesen

|publisher=Arcadia

|date=June 2013

|summary=Private Investigator Varg Veum is asked to discover the whereabouts of missing prostitute, only the case is not as simple as it seems; this is dark, gritty and gripping crime writing.

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After refusing a prospective client, who afterwards viciously assaulted another prostitute, Margrethe goes missing. Her worried friend from the street visits Varg Veum, a local private investigator, in the hope that he will take the case and get to the bottom of it without the need for police involvement. Varg then investigates every lead and attempts to discover all he can about the missing woman’s unusual upbringing, racking up more trouble and past cases as well as creating dangerous enemies.

''Cold Hearts'' is a well written crime story with a great and well plotted mystery at its core and an engaging investigator. I love the works of Raymond Chandler and although this is very different I am pleased that it is. Gunnar Staalesen has his own style and it works and despite the comparisons to Chandler being incredibly hard to live up to he approaches close when it comes to a good quality read. This book displays the best qualities of crime fiction and any fans of the genre would really enjoy it.'

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