Increasingly isolated, Mia faces more tough questions. When it emerges that Frederik embezzled millions of crowns from his school, the consequences of his condition envelope the entire community. Now she must protect herself and their teenage son, Niklas, from the strange, blunted, often violent being who lives in her husband's body-and with whom she must share her home, her son, and her bed. During a vacation in Spain, Frederik has an accident and his visit to the hospital reveals a brain tumor that is gradually altering his personality, confirming Mia's suspicions that her husband is no longer the man he used to be. You Disappear is the story of Mia, an elementary schoolteacher in Denmark whose husband, Frederik, is the talented, highly respected headmaster of a local private school. Translated into English by Misha Hoekstra, it was released in that version earlier this year. His latest novel, the psychological suspense title You Disappear, was voted the best novel of 2012 by Danish library users, and it was on the Danish bestseller list for fiction for more than a year. His first novel, Undergrowth (Danish title Krat) won Denmark's Best First Novel award and went on to become a bestseller. 2014ĭanish novelist Christian Jungersen worked as a copywriter for an ad agency and then as a TV script consultant and a film teacher before turning his hand to novels-and has since been published in more than 20 countries. The Last of the Smoking Bartenders, by C. The Deliverance of Evil, by Roberto Constantini. In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, by Adrian McKinty. Booklist also selected ten top picks for debut crime fiction title, all outlined below: There are three historicals and one set in the future four take place in the U.S., with one each in Budapest, Quebec, Ireland, France, England, and Mexico. The latest list of top ten crime fiction novels included six stand-alones, two series entries, and two books that seem to be the first volumes in new series. The American Library Association's review magazine Booklist compiles "best of" lists each year, although their "year" is a "Booklist crime fiction year," from May 1, 2013, through April 15, 2014.
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