Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen | Translated by Megan E. Turney | @OrendaBooks | @JennyLunMadsen #ThirtyDaysofDarkness #BlogTour #NordicNoir

NUMBER ONE bestseller in Denmark – currently filming for Netflix

Book of the Year in The Times and Guardian 2023

Book blurb

A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then the first body appears…
Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer’s block, Hannah has the feeling that she’s doing something wrong.
When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjörður – a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters – for inspiration.
But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman’s young son is pulled from the water … and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk … including Hannah.

My thoughts

It is a beautifully crafted piece that draws you in through its humour, keeps you engaged with the poignancy of the story, has you gripped with the investigation.

Janet – LoveBooksReadBooks

I am delighted to be a part of the paperback publication of Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen. I read and shared my thoughts on the book last year. You can see the full post here.

Thanks

Many thanks to Anne at RandomThingsTours for the invitation to join in with the paperback original publication BlogTour of Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen published by Orenda Books.

BlogTour

The BlogTour lasts throughout May when the paperback original, which has gorgeous red-sprayed edges, is published today May 9th. Why not take a look at these awesome blogs before heading down to the buy link to get your own beautiful copy of Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen

Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award

Thirty Days of Darkness

Published: 9 MAY 2024 Paperback Original | £16.99 | ORENDA BOOKS

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Jenny Lund Madsen is an award-winning screenwriter of Follow the Money and Rita

Author

Jenny Lund Madsen is one of Denmark’s most acclaimed scriptwriters (including the international hits Rita and Follow the Money) and is known as an advocate for better representation for sexual and ethnic minorities in Danish TV and film. She recently made her debut as a playwright with the critically acclaimed Audition (Aarhus Teater), and her debut literary thriller, Thirty Days of Darkness, first in an addictive new series, won the Harald Mogensen Prize for Best Danish Crime Novel of the year and was shortlisted for the coveted Glass Key Award. She lives in Denmark with her young family.

Follow Jenny Lund Madsen on: Facebook | Twitter

Translator

Megan Turney is originally from the West Midlands, and after spending several years moving back and forth between the UK and Norway, she is now based in Edinburgh, working as a commercial and literary translator and editor. She was the recipient of the National Centre for Writing’s 2019 Emerging Translator Mentorship, and holds an MA(Hons) in Scandinavian Studies and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies from the University of Manchester. She has previously translated Smoke Screen and Unhinged by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger for Orenda Books

Follow Megan on www.meganeturney.com.