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The Devil's Wedding Ring Paperback – March 19, 2019

by Vidar Sundstøl (Author), Tiina Nunnally (Translator)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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On Midsummer Eve in 1985, a young folklore researcher disappears from the village of Eidsborg in the Telemark region of Norway. Exactly thirty years later, the student Cecilie Wiborg goes missing. She too had been researching the old, pagan rituals as

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  1. Print length
    280 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Univ Of Minnesota Press
  4. Publication date
    March 19, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1517902819
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1517902810
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In his novel, The Devil’s Wedding Ring, Vidar Sundstøl has written an intelligent and thoughtful mystery about a man returning to his home country to learn the truth about a friend’s death, and in doing so, he must face gho



Vidar Sundstøl's novels deserve all the praise they have garnered.
—Johan Theorin

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Vidar Sundstøl won the prestigious Riverton Prize for the Best Norwegian Crime Novel for The Land of Dreams, the first volume of his acclaimed Minnesota trilogy, published in the United States by the University of Minnesota Press. The

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Univ Of Minnesota Press; Reprint edition (March 19, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1517902819
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1517902810
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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Dan Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Good Vidar Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017
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Interesting and well plotted book set in Telemark area of Norway. More polished than the Minnesota Trilogy but not it does not have the mood of menace that was in the Trilogy, at least to me.
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Movie goer 1966
4.0 out of 5 stars Like the mystery disappointed at ending (SPOILERS in Review)
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
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I enjoyed that the book has a creepy supernatural undertone.along with the murder mystery. I like the story as it was laid out. A reader will really want to keep going to find out who the murderers were. Definitely some twists and turns That being said I was a bit disappointed at the ending. (SPOILERS) The kidnapping of the child seemed a bit pointless and illogical. And as another reviewer said why kill three people over them knowing about an ancient fertility cult. I do understand that they had to eliminate the cop after he learned the truth about the first murder. That made sense.
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Mr. Arthur A. Kinsman
3.0 out of 5 stars Over the top.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017
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Can’t hold candle to Minnesota Trilogy. First three quarters of book leading to climax was good , building suspense
But The ending was bizarre and very unrealistic
Something lost in the translation. ?
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byron j
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good Nordic noir
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2017
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This is a pretty good and slightly unpredictable Nordic noir mystery. It is better, I think, than Sundstøl's three part Minnesota mystery. He knows Norway. Interesting characters.
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Nancy Famolari
4.0 out of 5 stars A Dark Scandinavian Mystery
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2017
Max, a private detective and former Norwegian police officer, learns of the suicide of his former colleague, Kurt. Although the men worked together thirty years ago, Max has trouble believing that his friend would commit suicide. When he arrives in Norway and learns more about the death, he decides to investigate.

People have a habit of disappearing around Midsummer Eve. Thirty years ago, a researcher disappeared. In the last year another researcher also disappeared. The disappearances seem to be related to pagan rituals. When Max is gathering material about the death and the history of the area, he meets a librarian, Tirill, who wants to be involved. She loves mysteries and has visions of being an investigator. As the pair come closer to the truth, someone or several people try to stop them.

If you like dark mysteries, you will enjoy this book. The characters, particularly Tirill, are engaging. The scenery is magnificent, and the dark aura of magic and occult rituals is creepy, but intriguing. I particularly enjoyed learning about the Stave Church, a relic from earlier times when pagan rituals were being replaced by enforced Christian worship.

The writing is good although sometimes the translation seemed awkward to me. However, I recommend this book once you start, it’s hard to put down.

I received this book from Net Galley for this review.
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Kayak Jay
5.0 out of 5 stars A Scary and Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017
This Nordic thriller is full of the dark humor you would expect from that area. There must be a new genre called Nordic Noir. The story flows so well it is hard to believe it is a translation. The main character, a widower and former policeman, is a tortured soul who travels to the funeral of a former coworker on a whim and stays in Sweden to investigate the circumstances of the death. He meets a number of weird characters as he pursues his investigation. A ritual associated with pagan gods from centuries ago is at the heart of his interest, and he picks up a fellow investigator who is a librarian at the local university. Each of the main characters is hiding something, and taken together they create a strange cast for the detective to deal with. A cloud of death seems to hang over the local area and the families that live there. The narrative is heavy with suspense and surprise. I found it impossible to put the book down once I started reading. Definitely a great book.
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bethcross
3.0 out of 5 stars What is Up with Price of This Book?
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2017
I received an electronic copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love mystery stories that revolve around folklore. I was excited to read this one, as I had not read any Norwegian fiction prior to this.

I must say, I was surprised at the release price for the Kindle book - $18.45 is a steep price for a book that will probably not see a lot of demand nor approach bestseller status.

I'm sorry to say, I found the plot and story merely adequate, and in places, less than plausible. The reasons for the "cult" - an ancient wooden statue with a prominent erection and the ritualistic sex - are hardly worth killing three people over. The most interesting bit of folklore concerned the supposed devil's wedding ring and a local family.

I liked the main characters well enough, until the weak romance aspect played out with a badly written obligatory sex scene. I don't mind sex in books, but as it played out here, it came off (no pun intended) as a bizarre excuse for triple homicide.

Oh, and I forgot the sleazy informant with the porno walls. Now that I think about it, a lot of this book is concerned with weird sex at strange moments.

Witches have danced naked under moonlight forever, and pagan fertility gods are present in most cultures. It's just hard too picture it as a motive for three murders spanning thirty years, as well as the careers of two law enforcement officials.

The picture of the stave church included in the ARC is really the most interesting and creepy aspect of this novel, and it appears to be missing in the sample of the finished book I downloaded out of curiosity on publication day.

In my opinion, if you want to sell this book, knock the price down A LOT and make it part of the Kindle Unlimited program.
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Anonymouse
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly scary
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2017
This is a scary Norwegian detective thriller about ancient traditions and modern murder. The publisher's blurb tells us the plot and raves on about the author Vidar Sundstøl. Well the truth is that the book really is good and Vidar Sundstøl is a good writer. I found the story to be unusually scary for what is basically a murder mystery.

I received a review copy of "The Devil's Wedding Ring" by Vidar Sundstøl translated by Tiina Nunnally (University of Minnesota Press) through NetGalley.com.
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