Murder of Halland

First published under the original Danish title Mordet pa Halland by Tiderne Skrifter, 2009.Review" Bess sticks in the mind as a brilliantly drawn character." TLS "There is more than a touch of Sarah Lund about Bess. She is attractive but abrupt to the point of rudeness." Front Row, BBC Radio 4 "Anything but a standard crime novel. The mystery at its heart is the mystery we are to each other; it is written in succinct, sometimes surreal prose." The Economist "The novel leaves you with a lingering sense of strangeness." Independent on Sunday "A disturbing and painful account of a woman whose world has been knocked off its axis." The Guardian "A masterclass in literary sleight of hand. Juul reaches far beyond our expectations by asking not 'whodunit ,' but do we need to know who did it. Which is more important, she demands, cause or effect?" Lancashire Evening Post About the AuthorPia Juul, born 1962, claims her place as one of Denmark's foremost literary authors. She has published five books of poetry, two short story collections and two novels. The Murder of Halland was published in Danish in 2009 and has won Denmark's most important literary prize, Den Danske Banks litteraturpris.