Winner of the Silver Knife and nominated for the Riverton Prize!
Psychological thriller – deeply rooted in the local communities of Vestfold. This year’s novel by Myriam H. Bjerkli is a standalone, but the characters will be familiar to those who have read Engelens fall (The Fall of the Angel).
Vibeke and Christian have gotten married. Everything seems fine, but Vibeke begins receiving strange letters where someone warns her and claims that Christian killed his previous wife. Her car is scratched up, and the word "WHORE!!!" is written on it. At the same time, she starts feeling unwell—dizzy and sick. She visits the doctor, who diagnoses her with lead poisoning. Is there really someone trying to kill her? Is the sender of the letter right, and is Christian truly a ruthless murderer?
Myriam H. Bjerkli
After previously publishing four other books, Myriam H. Bjerkli made her debut as a crime author in March 2017 with the novel Little Wagtail, a book that was nominated for the Maurits Hansen Prize – New Blood.
In February 2019 “Stella Polaris” was released, which was nominated for the "Silver Knife" – a crime award given annually during the crime festival "Bloody Serious in the Village" in Randaberg.
She was also nominated for the same prize in 2022 for her next novel, “The Fall of the Angel”, and in 2023, she was awarded the prize for “Green-eyed Monster.”
“Green-eyed Monster” was also nominated for the Riverton Prize that same year.
Bjerkli has contributed to several anthologies, journals, and newspapers with interviews, poems, short stories, and essays, and has won various writing competitions. Among her wins were NRK’s Easter Crime Serial competition in 2003, NRK P2’s SMS Poetry competition in 2004, and NRK/Bokprogrammet’s Poetry competition in 2006.
