Lost in the Fog is a bestselling Nordic detective story from the Czech ace of crime fiction.

Crime/Detective  |  English sample translation available

Ann-Solveig lives in a remote Norwegian village, far beyond the Arctic Circle, with a man she fears. Instead of leaving him, she jumps from a cliff into the sea. A year later, her psychoanalytic therapist, Katrine, starts receiving threatening messages and soon after, another one of her patients dies. Czech detective, Josef Bergman, wanted to have a peaceful fishing vacation in Norway and contemplate his priorities in life, but instead becomes a key witness in this twisted case. He slowly realises that there is much more at play than just the private secrets of the residents in the seemingly idyllic village. Lost in the Fog is a hit with Czech readers and has already been reprinted twice.

Michaela Klevisová (1976) is an author, journalist, translator and scriptwriter. She studied journalism at Charles University and has worked in this field since 1997. Her debut novel, Kroky vraha (Steps of the Murderer, 2007), received the Jiří Marek Award for best crime novel of the year, making the then 32-year-old author the youngest winner of this prize. Klevisová won the award again for her third book, Dům na samotě (The Solitude House, 2011). In 2012, Michaela Klevisová released her first non-crime book – a collection of short stories called Čekání na kocoura (Waiting for the Cat). With two reprints published within six months, a continuation followed, entitled Kocour z Montmartru (Cat from Montmartre, 2013). Klevisová is featured in the Prague Noir collection of short crime stories, published in 2018 by the New York-based Akashic Books, as part of their well-known Noir series.