Invisible Touch

Dark Advent #3

by Christoffer Petersen

Someone is murdering the residents of Nuuk, on the snowy streets of Greenland’s capital city. The masked bodies indicate that the murderer is skilled in dark Greenlandic magic.

As Christmas draws near and the body count rises, Police Commissioner Petra Jensen is forced to personally investigate. But when someone sends her an old video of the recently deceased Police Constable David Maratse, Petra is distracted by ghosts from her past, her present, and her future.

"You might want to put your warmest coat on. Christoffer Petersen writes chilling thrillers in harsh, isolated environments. Too dark for some. Too cold for everyone." - Óskar Guðmundsson, author of HILMA and BLOOD ANGEL

Set in Greenland, Invisible Touch twists Greenlandic traditions and myths into a dark tale set in the darkest month of the year, in a not too distant future.

Invisible Touch is set shortly after the events in The Calendar Man and The Twelfth Night, and features several of the characters introduced in those books.

Inspired by the Scandinavian and Greenlandic tradition of Christmas Advent Calendars, Invisible Touch has 24 parts, one for each day in December, leading up to the conclusion on December 24th, Christmas Eve, when Greenlanders and Scandinavians celebrate Christmas.

Invisible Touch can also be read as a regular book. It is followed by the sequel North Star Bay.

Unknown Binding

First published November 24, 2020

Reviews

[Ken Fredette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the ending the best. Thank You Chris for that piece of my imagination for taking over the story. That's a good way to relieve all the spent up nastiness that was in the telling of the story so far. I like the way that was used to describe the situation that Piitalaat was the only one to her knowlege to be hugged by Maratse. May we find the answers in our next read. Merry Christmas.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Greenland

This book takes place in Greenland during Advent in 2043. I found this very interesting, several murders take place and Petra is charged with solving and stopping them. This is a culture I know very little about and I am looking forward to reading more.

[Patrick Hoover · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Read. 3/5 rating of this above average thriller.

Another of the author's well constructed novel of great suspense, mystery and intrigue. I recommend it. This book held my close attention throughout especially towards the end 1/3 of the book. I have read a number of the stories in the series and always been pleased. This latest one is no exception. If Nordic crime is your thing read this book. I must confess however that I don't understand the year 2043 references. Maybe that's supposed to be some kind of an explanation for Greenland's independence. I don't get it

[Susann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent, as always.

Here is another one that ends on a cliffhanger. As if I weren't already hanging on a cliff during much of this third in the Dark Advent series. But this time I had part four downloaded so could go straight into it to find out what happened next. Whoever translated this book to English seems to be confused between the terms brother and sister. Twice I noticed the twins were referred to in the wrong gender. Other than that, another perfect story.

[Lee-Anne Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gripping Christmas read

At times it was immensely difficult not to read ahead! A great story, would make captivating TV. There's more to come and I can't wait to hear it!