Kategori: Kalypso

Top score for Kalypso

Six weeks ago the second part of the Fredrik Beier-saga was released in Norway. Now the reviews are coming in. And they are better than I dared dream. When I had read 100 pages of this novel, I thought that the author had taken on more than he could chew. After 300 pages I was […]

Marinejegerne og Kalypso

I Wienerbrorskapet måtte Fredrik Beier søke i mellomkrigsårene og datidens rasebiologiske forskning og grusomme eksperimentering på mennesker for å finne svarene han jaktet. I Kalypso er også historien en viktig ingrediens. Men denne gangen må Fredrik lete tettere på vår egen samtid. I ukene og månedene som fulgte etter at Sovjetunionen brøt sammen, og det russiske maktapparatet lå med brukket rygg. […]

Amazing start for Kalypso

«Johnsrud showcases a literary talent of the highest order – he’s smart, precise and varied in his language,» writes Norway’s largest newspaper Verdens Gang in their review of Kalypso. And they continue:  «Add to this a storyline that gives new meaning to the clichéd expression “unputdownable,” and the conclusion is a given: it’s an obvious six stars also […]

A peek into Kalypso!

Finally! The dark and blood dripping tragedy continues, when the second novel in the installment about Fredrik Beier and Kafa Iqbal is released the 15th of August 2016. That is when Kalypso is released in Norway. But Norwegian-reading crime lovers can get a sneak peek already now. See below to read the first chapters of the follow up […]