Instils a mounting dread as Special Forces commando Anna Aune tackles bizarre murders at the North Pole in a tale as frigid and punishing as its title
Financial Times
Close to a perfect thriller
VG, five stars
A barreling blend of Die Hard and Agatha Christie, played out in a snowstorm
Norwegian Arts
Murder rips through [a] small research community many hundreds of miles from civilization... The sense of isolation and the frozen setting are beautifully portrayed, the mystery allows the reader to figure out enough to think they're on the right track but Raake reserves the best, most surprising elements for the final reveal - the reason everyone had to die, the secret so important nations will kill for it
NB Magazine
A mysterious thriller that uses its setting at the North Pole to put the reader through a tense and almost physically uncomfortable experience
Shiny New Books
The author just dives into the action and keeps the suspense through the whole book
Stavanger Aftenblad
A claustrophobic thriller
Aftenposten
A gripping, action-packed page-turner
Nordic-crime.de
Raake writes so skillfully, no wonder all of his movies have been successful. The tension building and plot with a conspiracy at its heart are artfully done, his antiheroine is compellingly drawn
Buchkultur