Join Ramona Emerson and Órjan Karlsson for a chilling conversation about what happens when the missing refuse to stay silent. In Emerson’s Exposure, the follow-up to the National Book Award-longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer—and the ghosts he leaves behind. Karlsson’s Into Thin Air, the first in a new series, the disappearance of a young girl is not what is seems, leading investigator Jakob Weber into an unsolved case from the past. From the haunted streets of New Mexico to the wild coastal islands of Norway, these two master storytellers dig deep into the darkness.
Moderated by Janet Smyth.
Karlsson’s appearance is supported by NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad.
In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer—and the ghosts he leaves behind.
A dual-voice cat-and-mouse thriller, told from the points of view of a killer who has created his own deadly religion and the only person who can stop him, an embattled young detective who sees the ghosts of his Native victims. In Gallup, New Mexico, where violent crime is five times the national average, a serial killer is operating unchecked, his targets indigent Native people whose murders are easily disguised as death by exposure on the frigid winter streets.
Chief Investigator of Nordland Police, Jakob Weber is drawn into a complex case when a teenaged girl goes missing in Northern Norway, and a second woman disappears from a remote island in similar circumstances … FIRST in a compelling, dark new Nordic Noir series.
`Provides a boilerplate for anyone wishing to write a Scandi crime novel … Weber, “a dagger in a velvet sheath”, is an engaging character; discerning readers will wish to meet him again´
Mark Sanderson, The Times
`Atmospheric´
Crime Monthly
`Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal. The perfect start to a series destined for greatness´
Thomas Enger
`This is first-class Nordic Noir from the
real North, where danger lurks around every corner´
Gunnar Staalesen
In Norway’s frozen north, it’s not just secrets that are buried…
When nineteen-year-old Iselin Hanssen disappears during a run in a popular hiking area in Bodø, Northern Norway, suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend.
Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. She has a bachelor’s in Media Arts from the University of New Mexico and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Ørjan Karlsson grew up in Bodø, in the far north of Norway. After studying sociology, he received officer training in the army and has taken part in many overseas missions.
Sat, June 28, 2025
A book signing will follow this event
