Sven G. Simonsen
Risk

LIV ERIKSSON IS A PSYCHOLOGIST who has worked in some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. But when her boyfriend Olav falls to his death during a climbing trip in Thailand, she breaks down and isolates herself. A film showing the fall is circulating online. Someone out there knows what really happened when he died. Olav was a special investigator at Økokrim and had secrets that neither she nor his colleagues knew about. Did she really know him?
The search for the truth takes Liv on a journey to Munich, Cyprus, and Beirut, becoming increasingly perilous as she nears the revelation of a crime of spectacular proportions.

"Nominated for Crime Debut of the Year – Nytt Blod Award.
From the nomination:
'... a finely honed financial thriller with great character sketches, fast pace, and high-voltage action.'"

Jury's nomination (Kongsberg Krim)

"Risk is Sven G. Simonsen’s debut thriller. It is impressive." [5+/6]

Jon Gangdal, Klatring

"Sven G. Simonsen’s debut impresses me on several levels. In character development, in depicting the everyday, in the unraveling of the plot, and not least in the razor-sharp pacing. No one puts this book down in the last 100 pages." [5/6]

Blogger and crime author Geir Tangen

"Sven G. Simonsen is an experienced writer who delivers a finely crafted adventure novel with great tempo, interesting themes, and a tough, cool female protagonist."

Marit Egaas, Stavanger Aftenblad

Sven G. Simonsen

Iris Kivisalu

Sven G. Simonsen is an author, journalist, researcher, and aid worker.
He holds a Dr. Philos degree (Political Science, University of Oslo) and an MA in International Journalism (City University, London).
Simonsen has worked as a journalist for several publications, including VG and Dagens Næringsliv. He spent 14 years as a researcher at PRIO (the Peace Research Institute Oslo) and has been involved in multiple expert missions for the United Nations in Africa and Asia. He has also served as an international election observer, and published Over sperregrensen [Above the Threshold] (2019), an introduction to electoral systems.
His debut thriller, Risiko [Risk] (2020), was nominated for the Best Crime Fiction Debut of the Year award – the Nytt Blod Prize. In 2022, the sequel Crux was released, followed by Mørkefall [Darkfall] in 2024. In all three books, psychologist Liv Eriksson is the main character.