“Solid crime debut, entertaining and refreshing. […] She has pieced together a genuinely engaging crime story, Kaja Nygaard. […] the debutant delivers a substantial craft and succeeds in keeping the tensions high until the end. […] Nygaard’s crime debut is truly a masterpiece. The structure and characterization as well as the intrigues and eloquence work.”
–Stavanger Aftenblad (NO)
“The story has a momentum which most authors can only dream about. The language holds high standards, rarely is the language so thorough in a crime novel. […] It is nor grotesque and there is no wild violence between the pages, which is quite good, but neither is it tame. Most of it is conspicuous without any exaggerations.
–Randaberg24, 6/6 stars (NO)
“Ocean spritzes and the noveue riche in a solid crime debut from Western Norway. […] Debutant Kaja Gjersem Nygaard instantly shows that she masters a genre most of us recognize from the big screen. The story is just complex enough [and] Gjersem Nygaard gets a lot out of the contrasts between the modern and urban in the oil city, and the wild nature of the West. […] A Darker Water is a professional and promising start of a new series.”
–NRK (NO)
“Debutant Kaja Gjersem Nygaard joins a strong tradition within both Norwegian and international crime literature. […] It is exactly as it should be in a modern crime novel. […] Everything is seamlessly integrated, and necessary, as it contributes to mystique and suspense. […] It is done elegantly, [and] the eloquence is excellent even in the details.”
–Bok365 (NO)
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