Best New Crime Writer of the Year: Winner of the CWA 2013 John Creasey Dagger Award "Has the brains of a literary novel and the body of a thriller." -- New York Times "Derek B. Miller's Norwegian by Night is one of those books that completely transcends its genre and offers us one of the most memorable characters -- Sheldon Horowitz -- that I've encountered in years. If you like those other Scandihoovian thriller writers, this is your book." --Richard Russo for The Millions "Truly a page-turner...Norwegian by Night is about past wars and present-day ethnic strife, family, grief, guilt and, ultimately, redemption. Korea (and phantom Koreans), Vietnam, the Holocaust, ethnic identity -- Serb, Norwegian, Muslim, and yes, Jewish -- these are the true characters of the novel....Funny, moving and thoroughly gripping." --Jewish Week "A stunning examination of how our lives shape our character, and how our allegiances shape our destiny." -- Bethanne Patrick, AARP (1 of "12 Summer Reads for 2013") "Derek B. Miller's debut novel, Norwegian by Night, is about aging snipers. Or, it's about parenting and loss. Or, the lingering traces of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. It feels about as full as life itself, and almost as real." --Jessica Young, Jewniverse "[A] beautifully-written contribution to Nordic noir with a twist. It cleverly avoids many the genre's clich©s and pitfalls and emerges triumphant as a fully-dimensional gem." --From the John Creasey Dagger Award Judges' Citation "Both an exciting chase thriller and a poignant story about a man who comes into his own again in his dotage." --Library Journal "No brief plot outline can do justice to a book that deserves to find a place on a few best-of-the-year lists. Sheldon is a brilliantly imagined character, a true mensch, made of Greatest Generation stuff...Miller joins the ranks of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Jo Nesb¸, the holy trinity of Scandinavian crime novelists." --Booklist, starred "Miller's affecting debut, about a cantankerous Jewish widower transplanted to Norway who becomes party to a hate crime, is an unusual hybrid: part memory novel, part police procedural, part sociopolitical tract and part existential meditation. Miller, an American living in Oslo...makes the setting a powerful character...The novel, first published in Norway, was worth the wait." --Kirkus Reviews "A literate, thoughtful and unusual thriller...Our image of Scandinavia is one of tolerance -- Miller doesn't disagree with the image, but Norwegian by Night offers a fascinating fictional exploration of the meaning and implementation of that tolerance." --The Times (UK) "Norwegian by Night has all the ingredients of a top-notch thriller, but it's the superb characterisation of the protagonist that fuels true suspense. Funny and moving as well as thoroughly gripping, this is crime fiction of the highest order." --The Guardian "Much more than an enjoyable thriller. It is a beautifully written tale of love and loss...One of the best novels of the year."--Jenni Frazer, The Jewish Chronicle (UK) "This highly visual storytelling reads like a first draft of the script for an action-packed, emotionally satisfying movie, one that will appeal to --
