Dogs

Elli's first assignment for Kripos (The National Time Unit) brings her to the small town of Gjøvik and the Killing of a Somali youth. As the antagonist probes in on Elli, connections between old and new murders emerge against the backdrop of racism.

Eystein Hanssen

Eystein Hanssen debuted as an author in 2010 with the crime novel De ingen savner, to good reviews and a nomination for the Booksellers Prize. VG proclaimed him one of the three upcoming crime stars in Norway. "Good and grotesque," wrote Dagbladet. The second novel in the series about the Norwegian police heroine Elli, Giftstrøm, came in August 2011, then Triangel (2012), Åtseldyr (2013), Brennemerket (2015), Jaget (2017), En kort evighet (2019) and Bikkjer (2023). 2018 also saw Black Landscape, which introduced two new characters: the journalist Nora Wold and the former Mercenary Roger Eik. Book two in this series, Kokong, was published in 2021. The critics have designated Eystein Hanssen as a crime writer to be reckoned with in the Norwegian book landscape. Several of the books have been published in Germany and Sweden. Eystein Hanssen has a varied education and professional background. After high school and military service, he stepped into his professional shoes as a freelance journalist and photographer in the local newspaper Oppland Arbeiderblad in Gjøvik. The news bulletin brought him to NTB's photography department in Oslo, where he was alternately a freelance press photographer, head of duty at the photo desk and later photojournalist.

The Elli-series

Dogs

Elli's first assignment for Kripos (The National Time Unit) brings her to the small town of Gjøvik and the Killing of a Somali youth. As the antagonist probes in on Elli, connections between old and new murders emerge against the backdrop of racism.

A Short Eternity

(En kort evighet) A series of brutal heists terrorize Oslo. The robbers' military precision leaves the police in bafflement. Elli finds leads pointing back in time, to the civil wars of the former Yougosalvia.

Chased

With the migration from Syria as a background, the thriller Jaget portrays how war, escape and xenophobia push people to their utmost limits.

Scarred

The deamons of her mother’s past draws Elli towards an unsolved murder in Bangkok. Soon Elli realise she is just as connected to the case as her mother.

Scavenger

The remains of a child is found in an old Oslo cellar. Elli’s investigation reveals a gruesome, hidden underworld in Oslo.

Triangle

On leave from the Oslo Police, Elli initiates her own, private investigation into the unsolved murder of her sister Anne.

Stream of Poison

Elli arrests a young Uganda criminel in a narco raid. Soon after, the Norwegian embassy in Kampala receives a package.

The Unmissed

Meet Elisabeth Sunee Rathke, or simply Elli. Half Norwegian, half Thai, black belt in karate and a police investigator in Oslo.

Other titles

Cocoon

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