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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>First published in Norwegian as Fugeltribunalet, 2013.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When a disgraced TV presenter takes up the role of housekeeper on an isolated Norwegian fjord, she develops a chilling, obsessive relationship with her employer ... an award-winning, simply stunning debut psychological thriller from one of Norway's finest writers. <p/><b>***As heard on BBC Books at Bedtime*** <br> ***WINNER of the English PEN Translation Award*** <br> ***Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award*** <br> ***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year***</b> <p/> 'An unrelenting atmosphere of doom fails to prepare readers for the surprising resolution' <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/> 'Unfolds in an austere style that perfectly captures the bleakly beautiful landscape of Norway's far north' <b><i>Irish Times</i> <p/> _________________ <p/> Two people in exile. Two secrets. As the past tightens its grip, there may be no escape...</b> <p/> TV presenter Allis Hagtorn leaves her partner and her job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. But her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not all that it seems, and her silent, surly employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. <p/> As they await the return of his wife from her travels, their silent, uneasy encounters develop into a chilling, obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough... <p/> Haunting, consuming and powerful, <i>The Bird Tribunal</i> is a taut, exquisitely written psychological thriller that builds to a shocking, dramatic crescendo that will leave you breathless. <p/> _________________ <p/> 'Reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith - and I can't offer higher praise than that - Agnes Ravatn is an author to watch' <b>Philip Ardagh</b> <p/> 'A tense and riveting read' <b><i>Financial Times</i></b> <p/> 'Crackling, fraught and hugely compulsive slice of Nordic Noir ... tremendously impressive' <b><i>Big Issue</i></b> <p/> 'Beautifully done ... dark, psychologically tense and packed full of emotion both overt or deliberately disguised' <b>Raven Crime Reads</b> <p/> 'Ravatn creates a creeping sense of unease, elegantly bringing the peace and menace of the setting to vivid life. The isolated house on the fjord is a character-like shadow in this tale of obsessions. This is domestic suspense with a twist - creepy and wonderful' <b><i>New Books Magazine</i></b> <p/> '<i>The Bird Tribunal</i> offers an incredible richness of themes ... The atonement for the past sins and the titular bird tribunal carry powerful messages, as well as questions of morality and humanity...' <b><i>Crime Review</i></b> <p/> '<i>The Bird Tribunal</i> is suffused with dark imagery from the ancient Eddas, creating a foreboding atmosphere that gets under the skin and stays there. Like a lunar eclipse, each revelation is another form of darkness' <b>Crime Fiction Lover</b> <p/> 'Chilling, atmospheric and hauntingly beautiful ... I was transfixed' <b>Amanda Jennings</b> <p/> 'Intriguing ... enrapturing' <b>Sarah Hilary</b> <p/> 'A masterclass in suspense and delayed terror, reading it felt like I was driving at top speed towards a cliff edge - and not once did I want to take my foot off the pedal' <b>Rod Reynolds</b> <p/> 'A beautifully written story set in a captivating landscape ... it keeps you turning the pages' <b>Sarah Ward</b> <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"haunting."--<i>Crime by the Book</i><br><br>"[A]n elegant chiller, absorbing and atmospheric." --<i>Mystery Scene</i><br><br>"Intense." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Agnes Ravatn</b> (b. 1983) is a Norwegian author and columnist. She made her literary début with the novel Week 53 in 2007. Since then she has written a number of critically acclaimed and award-winning essay collections, including, <i>Standing, Popular Reading and Operation Self-discipline</i>, in which she recounts her experience with social media addiction, and how she overcame it. Her debut thriller, <i>The Bird Tribunal</i>, won the cultural radio P2's listener's prize for this novel, a popular and important prize in Norway, in addition to The Youth's Critic's Prize, and was made into a successful play, which premiered in Oslo in 2015. The English translation was a WHSmith Fresh Talent Pick, winner of a PEN Translation Award, a BBC Radio Four 'Book at Bedtime' and shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. Her next book will be published in 2020.

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