Håkon Haakonsen is happy with his girlfriend Sigrid and her son David. Then they both disappear.
Sigrid's violent ex-boyfriend Muhammad has escaped from prison, and an elderly woman is run over and killed on a deserted road outside Sandefjord, with no one coming forward as a witness. David has also had bigger problems at school than Håkon could have imagined. Is there a connection between all of this? As time runs out for the two people closest to him, one thing becomes clear: He has never really known the woman he loves.
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.
