Varg Veum - Dødens drabanter (2011) Varg Veum is summoned by the chief of police Hamre to a hostage drama on a farm outside Bergen. A married couple have been brutally murdered, and all evidence points to their foster son, 16...

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The main character is Varg Veum, a social worker turned private eye. The story goes back in time when he was a young social worker and was sent to the home of "Johnny Boy" a 3 year old boy and possible victim of abuse. We follow the progress of Johnny boy and Varg over a period of several years.

In Consorts of Death Staalesen reaches back into Varg's early days working for social services. He and a colleague go into a drug den and take away a little baby called Johnny Boy from his addict mother Matte and her thug boyfriend Terrje.

The Consorts of Death: Varg Veum Gunnar Staalesen (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses. ‎Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death (2011) directed by Stephan Apelgren • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

The story centres around Varg Veum, a social worker turned private eye. (think Phillip Marlow) He is called to the home of "Johnny Boy" a 4 year old and possible victim of abuse. We follow the progress of these two over a period of 15 years.

In this crime drama, detective Varg Veum's adventures take him into the world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn into drugs and prostitution. The situation worsens when the local judge is found dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie.

However most of this writer’s English translations are easily available from Abe Books and the consensus from a straw poll of other crime fiction bloggers was that I start with The Consorts of Death. Private investigator Varg Veum receives a phone call from a former colleague from his days as a social worker.