Sohlberg and the White Death
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Authors: Jens Amundsen
Tags: #Crime, #Police Procedural, #Mystery, #Thriller, #Suspense
SOHLBERG AND THE WHITE DEATH:
AN INSPECTOR SOHLBERG MYSTERY
by
JENS AMUNDSEN
Published simultaneously in the USA and Norway.
Although inspired by real events, this book is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to any living person is purely coincidental except that specific references to real individuals are for historical purposes only and these include:
Tor Einar Eilertsen (Troms Police Superintendent);
Michel Neyret (Deputy Chief of Police, Lyon, France);
Salvatore Valente (Italy);
Leonid Minin (Ukraine; Switzerland);
Semion Mogilevich and Col. Timur Valiulin (Russia);
Prof. Rune Selbekk (GeoSciences Department at the University of Oslo); and,
Prof. Jurgen Mienert (Geology Dept. at the University of Tromsø).
SOHLBERG AND THE WHITE DEATH: an Inspector Sohlberg mystery.
A Vik Crime/Blue Salamander Edition 2013
Published in the United States by special arrangement of Nynorsk Forlag [Trondheim, Norway] with Nynorsk Forlag-USA/Blue Salamander [Seattle, WA].
SOHLBERG AND THE WHITE DEATH. Copyright (c) 2013 by Nynorsk Forlag.
Translation copyright (c) 2013 by Nynorsk Forlag.
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Also by Jens Amundsen
[
Inspector Sohlberg series
]
Sohlberg and the Missing Schoolboy
Sohlberg and the Gift
Lost in Bergen
Skull Valley
The Trondheim Choir
ABOUT THE BOOK
The murder of an Interpol translator in France. Nine mutilated bodies found under a fish shack in remote Tromsø in northern Norway. A $ 6 million dollar bribe for a Norwegian detective. Chief Inspector Sohlberg is in danger.
There’s also one crime in the making that doesn’t even come close to the “Mass Murder” category. And that crime requires Sohlberg to do the unthinkable in this gripping novel about obsession, paranoia, organized crime, and whether it’s better for a few to be sacrificed so that many will live. Or is it better for many to be sacrificed so that a few get to live?
ABOUT THE HARALD SOHLBERG MYSTERY SERIES
The Inspector Sohlberg crime novels by Jens Amundsen join Scandinavia’s best crime detective series, including the
Inspector Wallander
series by Henning Mankell,
Inspector Sejer
series by Karin Fossum,
Inspector Gunnarstranda
series by K. O. Dahl,
Detective Harry Hole
series by Jo Nesbø, and
Girl With
Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson.
Jens Amundsen’s publisher, Nynorsk Forlag, is pleased to present his novels on Chief Inspector Harald Sohlberg. The Sohlberg novels masterfully blend the psychological novel into the crime, suspense, thriller, and detective genre.
DEDICATION
To my mother and father and wife who taught me that integrity and family are the only worthwhile achievements.
To Lise Amundsen for her song and support.
To Paul Klebnikov, Sergei Magnitsky, Alexander Perepilichny, and other brave whistleblowers who have been murdered after exposing the gigantic criminal mafia state known as Russia or Vladimir Putin’s “
New Russia
”.
To Sigve Bolstad and other friends who guided me in the underworld of organized crime.
To Magnus and Berit Nielsen who so generously rendered advice, lodgings, and plenty of delicious meals during my stay in Tromsø.
BOOK ONE: LITTLE DID I KNOW; OR, DEATH OF A TRANSLATOR
Chapter 1/Én
HEYRIEUX AND LYON, FRANCE:
MORNING AND NIGHT OF THE
DAY, APRIL 12
Chapter 2/To
LYON, FRANCE: MAY 14, OR
THIRTY-TWO DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 3/Tre
LYON, FRANCE: MAY 15, OR
THIRTY-THREE DAYS AFTER
THE DAY
Chapter 4/Fire
PARIS AND LYON, FRANCE: JUNE 12,
OR TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 5/Fem
MILAN AND VAREDO, ITALY: JUNE 13, OR
TWO MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER
THE DAY
Chapter 6/Seks
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA:
JUNE 13 AND JUNE 14, OR
TWO MONTHS AND 2 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
BOOK TWO: THE TRAP
Chapter 7/Syv
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: MORNING OF TUESDAY
JULY 12, OR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 8/Åtte
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: WEDNESDAY
JULY 13, OR THREE MONTHS AND 1 DAY
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 9/Ni
RINGVASSØY ISLAND, NORWAY:
SUNDAY JULY 17, OR THREE MONTHS
AND 5 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 10/Ti
TROMS COUNTY, NORWAY: MONDAY
JULY 18, OR THREE MONTHS AND
6 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 11/Elleve
LYON, FRANCE: MORNING OF TUESDAY
JULY 19, OR THREE MONTHS AND 7 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 12/Tolv
LYON, FRANCE: AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OF TUESDAY JULY 19, OR THREE MONTHS
AND 7 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 13/Tretten
OSLO AND TROMSØ, NORWAY:
THURSDAY JULY 21, OR THREE
MONTHS AND 9 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 14/Fjorten
TROMSØ, NORWAY: FRIDAY JULY 22,
OR THREE MONTHS AND 10 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 15/Femten
PARIS AND LYON, FRANCE: THURSDAY
JULY 28, OR THREE MONTHS AND
16 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 16/Seksten
TROMSØ, NORWAY: JULY 28,
OR THREE MONTHS AND 16
DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 17/Sytten
TROMSØ, NORWAY: JULY 29,
OR THREE MONTHS AND 17
DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 18/Atten
TROMSØ, NORWAY: JULY 30, OR
THREE MONTHS AND 18 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 19/Nitten
TROMSØ, NORWAY: JULY 30, OR
THREE MONTHS AND 18 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 20/Tjue
LYON; BRUSSELS; LUXEMBOURG:
JULY 30, OR THREE MONTHS AND
18 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
BOOK THREE: WHEN IT WILL COME
Chapter 21/Tjueen
TROMSØ AND REINØYA ISLAND, NORWAY:
JULY 31, OR THREE MONTHS AND 19 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 22/Tjueto
LYON, FRANCE; JULY 31, OR
THREE MONTHS AND 19 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 23/Tjuetre
LYON AND PARIS, FRANCE;
AUGUST 1 AND 2, OR THREE
MONTHS AND 20 AND 21 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 24/Tjuefire
MONZA AND COMO, ITALY;
AUGUST 5, OR THREE MONTHS
AND 25 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 25/Tjuefem
MEGGEN AND ZURICH, SWITZERLAND:
AUGUST 5, OR THREE MONTHS AND
25 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 26/Tjueseks
LYON, FRANCE: AUGUST 11, OR THREE
MONTHS AND 30 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 27/Tjuesyv
LYON AND POUGNY, FRANCE: AUGUST 16, OR
FOUR MONTHS AND 4 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
BOOK FOUR: NO DOUBT DESERVED
Chapter 28/Tjueåtte
LYON AND CHALLEX, FRANCE:
SEPTEMBER 23 AND 25, OR FIVE
MONTHS AND 11 AND 13 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 29/Tjueni
LYON, FRANCE: SEPTEMBER 27 AND 28,
OR FIVE MONTHS AND 15 AND 16 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 30/Tretti
LYON, FRANCE; AND SPRUCE PINE,
NORTH CAROLINA: OCTOBER 13 AND
25, OR SIX MONTHS AND 1 AND 13 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 31/Trettien
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND; FT. MEADE,
MARYLAND; and, LANGLEY, VIRGINIA:
NOVEMBER 15, OR SEVEN MONTHS
AND 2 DAYS AFTER THE DAY
Chapter 32/Trettito
LYON, FRANCE: NOVEMBER 21,
OR SEVEN MONTHS AND 12 DAYS
AFTER THE DAY
BOOK ONE: LITTLE DID I KNOW; OR, DEATH OF A TRANSLATOR
Little did I know that our separation was to be forever.
— Valerian Albanov, Arctic Explorer; author [
In the Land of White Death
, 1917]
There's a man going around taking names.
— Johnny Cash song,
The Man Comes Around
.