Cold Fear
Cold Fear is the standalone sequel to the bestselling The Girl Without Skin.
Tupaarnaq, a young Inuit woman has returned to Nuuk to help her only friend, Danish journalist Matthew Cave find his half-sister, Arnaq, who has disappeared, leaving behind only a trail of blood.
As a young US soldier stationed at Thule Base in Greenland, their father Tom took part in a secret experiment with fatal consequences. Suspected of murder, he was forced to flee and live in hiding. In connection with Arnaq's disappearance, the old Thule case is brought to life, Matthew realises they are both pawns in a game of life and death. Tupaarnaq again tries to come to terms with her own past.
As things begin to unravel, Matthew starts to wonder: Is the father he has been searching for his entire life actually a cold-blooded murderer? And is Tupaarnaq really who he thinks she is?
The bestselling Greenland series by Mads Peder Nordbo consists of The Girl Without Skin, Cold Fear and The Woman With the Death Mask. The trilogy plays out in the remote and arctic environment of Greenland, where Nordbo lived and worked between 2014-2019, employed at the town hall in Nuuk, where he worked closely with the mayor of the capital municipality.
The Greenland series garnered Nordbo critical acclaim from readers and critics alike for his authentic and respectful rendering of Greenlandic society and its conditions, and the beautiful but unforgiving Arctic environment - a counterpoint to the brutal elements of the crimes in the storylines.
The series has been translated into 20 languages, including English, and has been optioned for a TV series.
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Danish PDF
English translation
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"The real pleasure in this slice of Scandi noir is the insight it gives into the cocktail of claustrophobia and remoteness that is life in Greenland. Here, even place names shimmer with poetry…"
"Mads Peder Nordbo’s well-drawn characters will help keep readers turning the pages quickly."
