2025
Three lives collide in the shadows of Norway’s criminal underworld: a former female elite soldier with a hacker’s edge, a shattered immigrant girl with ruthless gangster ambitions, and a desperate father willing to risk everything for his son.
When Elise Sem’s past resurfaces in the form of disgraced lawyer Mikkel Telje, he drags Elise back into a world she thought she’d left behind. Once a covert operator in Norway’s most secretive special forces unit, Elise can crack networks, expose secrets, and survive the deadliest missions. But nothing has prepared her for this.
At the heart of the storm: Telje’s son — a teenage football prodigy sold to the Bundesliga for €10 million. Behind the headlines lies a brutal web of organized crime, corruption and betrayal — where fame is a façade and human lives are currency.
Alpha Femme is a Nordic thriller about power, vulnerability, and the dark machinery that feeds our brightest idols.
An outstanding debut – among the best we’ve seen in a long while.
Utterly thrilling.
Rarely does a debut crime novel reach this level of success and craftsmanship.
