A review by andrew61
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

4.0

I can't recall where I had this reccomended to me but it was a very enjoyable read. The main character Sheldon Horowitz is an 80+ American ex marine sniper in the Korean war who has moved to live in Oslo with his granddaughter and her husband. He inadvertently becomes involved in a crime and ends up fleeing the city with a young boy who he has to protect. Whilst it is a thriller/crime novel it packs into it's 290 pages a lot more so we struggle with Sheldon's demons including aging physically, bereavment, and his Jewish identity post WW2 and guilt, also father son relationships. I don't want to give away the ending here but it is the right ending and allows the reader perhaps to reflect on the book and a very interesting character. I hope Miller writes more.