DEN RØDE GLENTE – THE RED BIRDS
By Elsebeth Egholm
NEW GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE FROM A TRUE PLOT MASTER
SALLY AND SILAS grew up together in Helgenæs. A young love blossoms between them, sprung from their passion for nature and drawing birds. Then one dark event tears them apart, and when they meet again 25 years later, they are no longer the same two people.
SALLY’ IS RECENTLY widowed and an injured hand prevents her from going back to work as a midwife. Silas has become a world renowned artist. Their love is still deep and intense, but between them large questions loom. What really happened that evening when 15-year-old Sally was found naked in a ditch after a party? Who knows the truth? Who has been lying for all these years?
THE RED BIRDS is a standalone suspense novel just like Elsebeth Egholm’s critically acclaimed As The Night Knows The Stars from 2020.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by People’s, Denmark 2022
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark, People’s
Iceland, Úgla Utgáfa
REVIEWS
“The fact is that Elebeth Egholm can write a great story that completely captures the reader.”
– Findalskrimiside.dk, Denmark
“All the beautiful words and sentences flow from the pages and form one of the best novels I have read in a long time.”
– Fru Thulstrup, Denmark
“Egholm has a special ability to juggle all the balls of her plot”
– Politiken, Denmark
“As a reader, you are caught up in a plot that is dramatic and contains quite a few surprises”
– Fyens Stiftstidende, Denmark
“A well-written novel with juice and power”
– Litteratursiden.dk, Denmark
“Elsebeth Egholm writes absolutely magnificently”
– Bogblogger.dk, Denmark
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