Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devil’s Fjord | 2019 | David Hewson | Buy |
Devil’s Fjord, published in 2019, is David Hewson’s crime novel set in the Faroe Islands. The remote North Atlantic setting provides a very different atmosphere from his Italian and Dutch series, with harsh landscapes and a small, isolated community where a crime disrupts the fragile social balance.
Hewson’s attention to place, developed through years of writing about Rome and Amsterdam, translates well to the Faroese setting. The isolation adds tension to the investigation, as there is nowhere to hide and the past is never far from the surface.