A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then a body appears ⦠an atmospheric, darkly funny, twisty debut thriller, first in an addictive new series. âDark and sharp ⦠A lot of funâ Val McDermid âWitty, dark, meta, ingenious and hugely compelling. I LOVED the Icelandic setting and satirical observations. EXCELLENTâ Will Dean  âDark and atmospheric ⦠a bleak and beautiful evocation of Iceland, and Hannah is a pitch-perfect depiction of the bombastic neurosis that we writers know so very wellâ Harriet Tyce  âHilariously scathing ⦠satirises genre fiction while creating a first-class example of it, full of suspects, red herrings and twists ⦠wit and originality make it a joy to readâ Mark Sanderson, The Times CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH  **Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for Best Danish Crime Novel** **Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award**  âââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writerâs block, Hannah has the feeling that sheâs doing something wrong.  When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður â a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters â for inspiration. But two days after her arrival, the body of a fishermanâs young son is pulled from the water ⦠and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk ⦠including Hannah⦠ Atmospheric, dramatic and full of nerve-jangling twists and turns, Thirty Days of Darkness is a darkly funny, unsettling debut Nordic Noir thriller that marks the start of a breath-taking new series.  ____________________________________  âA fantastic debut ⦠Darkly funny, tense and a lot of poking fun at crime-writingâ Tariq Ashkanani  âDelightfully darkâ Antti Tuomainen âSo atmosphericâ Crime Monthly âAn absolute gem ⦠a superb mix of humour and dark, twisty crime fiction with an added layer of contemplation regarding what makes books 'literary'. The Icelandic setting is perfectly drawn â¦Â Not to be missed' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir  âShades of Fargo and Twin Peaks â and thereâs no higher praise than that. Absolutely brilliant!â Rod Reynolds  âA truly original thriller that perfectly balances humour and suspenseâ Vogue  âSuch a clever, original twist on the Nordic Noir tradition â darkly humorous and utterly captivatingâ Eva Björg Ãgisdóttir  âA hugely enjoyable read with thrills and laughs, as Hannah sticks her nose in where itâs not welcomeâ Michael J. Malone  âSo satisfying ⦠a truly great readâ Lilja Sigurðardóttir  âA skilful, witty mash-up, playing with tropes of romantic fiction (yes, that popular genre writer turns up in the village and is not so bad after all) and crime fiction (closed community, dark secrets) ⦠really entertainingâ Aly Monroe 'This reminded me somewhat of the more recent, meta efforts of the great Anthony Horowitzâ The Bookbag  âThe most original thriller of the year: realistic, suspenseful and romantic to the very last page. And just when you think you've got the plot figured out, the plot twists again' Politiken