Thirty Days of Darkness

By: Jenny Lund Madsen, Megan E. Turney - translator

Narrated by: Diana Croft

Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer's block, Hannah has the feeling that she's doing something wrong.

When she expresses her contempt for genre fiction, Hanna is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in 30 days. Scared that she will lose face, she accepts, and her editor sends her to Húsafjöður; a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland, filled with colourful local characters - for inspiration.

But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman's young son is pulled from the water...and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to uncover secrets that put everything at risk...including Hannah.

©2023 Jenny Lund Madsen and Megan E. Turney (P)2023 Oakhill

Good First Book

Surprise ending. Liked that. A tad long but kept you reading. Looking toward the next one

Hilarious Whodunnit..!!!!

What an absolutely wonderful read..!!
This combination of author, narrator, and hilarious prose were spot on,… and I look forward to more of the same,
Brava

I can see where the lower reviews are coming from but…

This is an incredible book once you get over how much you dislike the protagonist.

5 plus stars

I was absolutely blown away by this book.

Diana Croft lifts this already intriguing and thought-provoking plot to new heights. She breathes life into the main character, Hannah, with a perfect blend of sarcasm and self-pity. This book is a masterpiece of action and smoothly transitions from one scene to the next. Diana's characters evolve as the story unfolds and I am left hanging onto every word until the very poetic and sad ending.

Special kudos to her delivery and pronunciation of Icelandic phrases.

A really good crime story.

Great story, with a couple of twists, just as I thought I knew who did it. A really good book, hard to put down. And the narrator was really good.