Canongate Books The Blue Place

'Danger is desperately seductive . . .' Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the colour of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way.Born in Norway, she now lives in the sticky heat of Atlanta-a security consultant gliding between the city's elegant elite and its sleazy underbelly. One night during a thunderstorm Aud collides with a running woman, and to survive the deadly mix of forgery, drugs, and murder that follows, she must risk losing herself to that cool blue place where violence is bliss . . .