The Heart Keeper is a 2019 Nordic noir psychological novel by Norwegian author Alex Dahl. It was published in English in 2019 by Berkley Books, a Penguin Random House imprint.[1] Set in Norway, it tells the story of the loss of a child through the eyes of two different women.[2][3] Critic Paul Burke described it as "a powerful study of grief and loss, guilt, recriminations, trauma and PTSD, and survival."[4] Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet described Dahl in 2019 as a new star of Nordic noir literature.[5]

The Heart Keeper
First edition (UK)
AuthorAlex Dahl
LanguageEnglish
GenreNordic noir psychological novel
PublisherHead of Zeus (UK)
Berkley Books (US)
Publication date
2019
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePaperback
ISBN9780451491817

Background

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Dahl attributes the inspiration for The Heart Keeper to "an incident years ago when the life of her first child was saved by the neo-natal care unit at Ullevål University Hospital."[4]

References

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  1. ^ The Heart Keeper, Penguin Random House
  2. ^ Ray Palen, Book Review: The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl, Criminal Element, 8 August 2019
  3. ^ The Heart Keeper (review), Publishers Weekly, July 2019
  4. ^ a b Paul Burke, The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl (review), NB Magazine, 11 July 2019
  5. ^ Eliassen, Åshild (22 April 2019). "Den ukjente norske krimstjerna". Dagbladet.no.