Olivier Norek

When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939, they were not expecting the Finns to fight back – much less to prevail. Olivier Norek’s riveting, heart-pounding, epic historical thriller is a story of barely imaginable courage, astonishing resilience, and the best sniper the world has ever seen.‘Impeccably researched and beautifully written, The Winter Warriors is perfect for fans of Ben Macintyre and Robert Harris’ Paula Hawkins‘There are echoes of Vasily Grossman in this gripping, chillingly urgent story of the horrors and heroism of war’ A.D. Miller‘A fascinating and gripping novel about a forgotten corner of the Second World War. Remarkable and revelatory’ William Boyd‘A sniper’s life, a thriller of the highest quality, as timely as it is gripping, by a very fine writer’ Philippe Sands***Over 270,000 copies sold in French***_____November, 1939. A conscription officer arrives in the peaceful farming village of Rautjärvi. The Soviet Union has invaded, and for the first time in its history as an independent country, Finland is at war.Setting off into the depths of winter to face the Red Army, the small group of childhood friends recruited from Rautjärvi have no idea whether any of them will ever return home. But their unit has a secret weapon: the young sniper Simo Häyhä, whose lethal skill in the snow-bound forests of the front line will earn him the nickname ‘The White Death’.Drawing on the real-life figures and battles of the Finnish-Soviet Winter War, The Winter Warriors is a riveting, heart-pounding, utterly epic historical thriller from one of Europe’s most acclaimed crime writers.____‘The plot revolves around a small group of village lads who are conscripted together, one of whom, Simo, becomes the so-called White Death, one of the world''s most deadly snipers … What makes it tick is the urgent, vital narrative as the Russians surge across the border and the Finns fight back with little more than grenades and rifles’ Bookbrunch ‘Chilling and distressing … a genuine, breath-holding knock-out’ Le Parisien‘A masterpiece’ Le Figaro ‘A dazzling success’La Croix ‘Magificent’L’Express ‘Captivating’ Télérama ‘Exhaustively researched, subtle, sensitive, and set against the background of a war which resonates with the present day. There are more than a few similarities between this story and the current Russian aggression in Ukraine’ France Info‘Norek depicts with great humanity and profound empathy the courage and resilience of the Finns, fighting for survival in extreme conditions’Actualitté‘At once epic and intimate’ Radio Télévision Suisse **Winner of the Prix Jean Giono, the Prix Renaudot des lycéens and the Prix Le Mans – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry****Finalist for the Prix Interallié** **Shortlisted for the Prix Renaudot, the Prix André Malraux and the Prix “Les Visionnaires”****Longlisted for the Prix Goncourt*****Olivier Norek''s thriller Between Two Worlds was The Times & Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Year 2024***

**A Times 19 Best Books of 2024****A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2024**** A Times 10 Best Crime and Mystery Books of 2024 so far**"A police procedural unlike anything else in contemporary crime fiction" Sunday Times"The greatest exponent of the policier at work today" Mark Sanderson, The TimesAdam Sirkis needs to flee Syria. A captain in Assad''s military police, he''s about to be exposed as a covert member of the Free Syrian Army, and he knows exactly what fate awaits him.His first move is to send his wife and daughter to Libya, where they can find a boat heading for Europe. Adam himself winds up in France in the Calais Jungle, the infamous camp for migrants seeking passage to the fabled Youké.Bastien Miller, a police lieutenant freshly transferred to the Calais police force, arrives at about the same time. His wife is drowning in grief for her late father and their teenage daughter may never forgive them for the move.When Adam risks his life to protect a young migrant, the two officers make a deal - information on Adam''s family in exchange for intel from the Jungle. Then a body is found in the camp, and the deal becomes an alliance, uniting them in a common cause to do one good deed in a world where vice is a virtue.Reader Reviews***** "This is an exceptional book, the best one I''ve read in 2024 so far and I''ve read a lot of excellent books this year by some very big name authors"Translated from the French by Nick Caistor

Dvoumetrový černošský překupník ožije na pitevním stole, mobilní telefon zvoní v těle uhořelého mrtvého feťáka a anonymní dopisy se vracejí k nevyřešeným případům vražd… Cynický kapitán Victor Costa cítí, že vyšetřování tentokrát překročí běžnou rutinu departementu 93. Debutový thriller napsaný skutečným pařížským kriminalistou šokuje svou autentičností.