Can a library provide inspiration? Yes it can ..that is, in the hands of a gifted writer that can disseminate knowledge of history, philosophy and anatomy through fiction in an amazingly complicated plot of parallel historiacal realities. Padova, Venetia and Trondheim in 1500 when anatomy, a controversial science was reborn and flourished allows the writer Jorgen Brekke to study known and unknown characters through time and give a diachronic perspective to crime and the complexity of the way human mind functions.A historical novel that carries a lot of valid information but through the eloquence of fiction allows people to be surprised of a plot that is totally unexpected and excitingly described all the way. The crime takes place in Gunnerus library and its connected to a the Knudzon collection that is now kept in the heart of the library the "knudzonssalen". A book that is already bought by 6 other countries and could definately become a film with big success.
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"In 1528, a young Franciscan monk pays a visit to Bergen. He leaves the town with an extensive collection of knives and untreated hides. Almost five hundred years later, a flayed body is found at a museum in Richmond, Virginia, and another body in a book vault in Trondheim, Norway. Both cases appear to be linked to The Book of John, an old and cryptic text written on parchment.
This first novel about the American murder detective, Felicia Stone, and the Norwegian police inspector, Odd Singsaker, who is recovering from cancer is a story of dissection, ancient books, gruesome murders and wounds that only time can heal.
"In 1528, a young Franciscan monk pays a visit to Bergen. He leaves the town with an extensive collection of knives and untreated hides. Almost five hundred years later, a flayed body is found at a museum in Richmond, Virginia, and another body in a book vault in Trondheim, Norway. Both cases appear to be linked to The Book of John, an old and cryptic text written on parchment.
This first novel about the American murder detective, Felicia Stone, and the Norwegian police inspector, Odd Singsaker, who is recovering from cancer is a story of dissection, ancient books, gruesome murders and wounds that only time can heal.
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