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Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm
Series · 6 books · 2018-2025

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#1

Death Deserved

2018

Police officer Alexander Blix and celebrity blogger Emma Ramm join forces to track down a serial killer with a thirst for attention and high-profile murders, in the first episode of a gripping new Nordic Noir series… Oslo, 2018. Former long-distance runner Sonja Nordstrøm never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography, Always Number One. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm visits Nordstrøm’s home later that day, she finds the door unlocked and signs of a struggle inside. A bib with the number ‘one’ has been pinned to the TV. Police officer Alexander Blix is appointed to head up the missing-persons investigation, but he still bears the emotional scars of a hostage situation nineteen years earlier, when he killed the father of a five-year-old girl. Traces of Nordstrøm soon show up at different locations, but the appearance of the clues appear to be carefully calculated … evidence of a bigger picture that he’s just not seeing… Blix and Ramm soon join forces, determined to find and stop a merciless killer with a flare for the dramatic, and thirst for attention. Trouble is, he’s just got his first taste of it…
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#2

Røykteppe

2019

When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren’t adding up … The second instalment in the addictive, atmospheric, award-winning Blix & Ramm series. Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion, and the city is put on terrorist alert. Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, Blix instantly recognises her as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Semplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten ten years earlier … and never found. Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the unsolved case, as public interest heightens, the terror threat is raised, and it becomes clear that Patricia’s disappearance is not all that it seems…
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#3

Slagside

2020

Two of Nordic Noir’s most brilliant writers return with the explosive, staggeringly accomplished, hugely emotive third instalment in the international, bestselling Blix & Ramm series. Investigator Sofia Kovic has uncovered a connection between several deaths and murder cases in Oslo over the last year and a half. She tries to call her closest superior, Alexander Blix, not yet wanting to involve anyone else in the police, but before Blix has time to return her call, Kovic is shot and killed in her own home – execution style. And in the apartment below, Blix’s daughter Iselin narrowly escapes becoming the killer’s next victim. Four days later, Blix and online crime journalist Emma Ramm are locked inside an interrogation room, facing the National Criminal Investigation Service. Blix has shot and killed a man, and Ramm saw it all happen. In the hospital, Iselin’s life hangs in the balance. Blix no longer knows who he can trust. And he’s not even certain he’s killed the right man…
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#4

Arr

2022

Incarcerated in a high-security prison, a broken Alexander Blix joins forces with Emma Ramm to find a ruthless killer who has escaped from a German jail and is making his way to Norway. Pulse-pounding Nordic Noir. `If you're a fan of writers like Lars Kepler, Stefan Ahnhem or Søren Sveistrup, you won't want to miss this´ Crime by the Book `Two of the most distinguished writers of Nordic Noir´ Financial Times `Superb Nordic noir. Dark, intricate and extremely compelling. Contemporary Scandinavian fiction at its best´ Will Dean \\\\\\\ Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter’s death, he is now being held in one of Norway’s high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to challenge and humiliate the former police investigator. On the outside, Blix’s former colleagues have begun the hunt for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is making his way north. The only lead established by the police is that Kroos has a friend in Blix’s prison ward. And now they need Blix’s help. Journalist Emma Ramm is one of Blix’s few visitors, and she becomes his ally as he struggles to connect the link between past and present, between the world inside and outside the prison walls. And as he begins to piece things together, he identifies a woodland community in Norway where deeply scarred inhabitants foster deadly secrets... secrets that maybe the unravelling of everyone involved… Two of Nordic Noir's finest writers return with the emotive, breath-holdingly intense and searingly tense fourth book in the number-one bestselling Blix & Ramm series. \\\\\\\ Praise for the Blix & Ramm `An international sensation´ Vogue `The most exciting yet´ The Times `Devilishly complex´ Publishers Weekly `Fascinating´ Sun `Completely nerve-wracking´ Tvedestrandsposten `Everything I want in a book – mystery, tension and action´ Jen Med’s Book Reviews `Masterly´ NB Magazine `An absolute MUST for thriller fans … in a class of its own´ Krimi Couch
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#5

Schuld

2023

Twee jaar geleden leidde Alexander Blix het onderzoek naar de vermissing van de jonge moeder Elisabeth Eie. De zaak kwam tot stilstand toen Blix’ eigen dochter om het leven kwam en hij werd gearresteerd na het wreken van haar dood. Blix is inmiddels vrij uit de gevangenis. Hij biedt de politie zijn hulp aan, maar die wil niets meer met hem te maken hebben. Ook al is hij inmiddels vrijgesproken, zijn carrière in de misdaadbestrijding is voorbij. Maar de moordenaar van Elisabeth heeft hém nu gevonden en lokt hem naar zijn volgende slachtoffers. Hij maakt bovendien duidelijk dat hij details over Blix’ privéleven weet die hij met niemand ooit heeft gedeeld. Journalist Emma Ramm is op haar beurt benaderd door het tienermeisje Carmen. Haar stiefvader is gearresteerd op verdenking van moord. Maar er is geen lichaam, noch zijn er andere verdachten. Het lijkt erop dat Blix en Ramm alleen elkaar nog kunnen vertrouwen.
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#6

Uitschot

2025

In de zinderende zomer van 1996 wordt Oslo opgeschrikt door een scherpschutter die ogenschijnlijk willekeurig slachtoffers maakt. De stad verandert in een angstige, belegerde plek. Voormalig politieman Alexander Blix en ex-journalist Emma Ramm, inmiddels privédetectives, raken persoonlijk betrokken wanneer Emma’s zus wordt neergeschoten. Terwijl de politie in het duister tast, ontdekt Blix een verborgen patroon achter de één primair doelwit verhuld door andere slachtoffers. In een race tegen de klok proberen Blix en Ramm de moordenaar te ontmaskeren en verdere slachtoffers te voorkomen, gehinderd door wantrouwen, paniek en een meedogenloze dader met een sinister motief.

Authors

Jørn Lier Horst
Jørn Lier Horst
Author · 75 books

Jorn Lier Horst (born in Bamble, Telemark 1970) is a former Senior Investigating Officer at the Norwegian police force. He made his literary debut as a crime writer in 2004 and is considered one of the foremost Nordic crime writers. His series of mystery novels starring chief inspector William Wisting provides a detailed and authentic insight into how criminal cases are investigated and how it affects those involved, whether private or professional. The books represent a simple and accurate picture of the modern Nordic societies and is characterized by political and social commentary subtext.

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