Welcome! I’m Ørjan, a Norwegian author with a passion for crime and political thrillers, born from experience. I grew up in the north, army-trained, worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, with international missions and crisis management. I have written over 20 books, and I’m really glad you’re here, because I have stories to tell …

Into thin Air

Jakob Weber #1
Nordic noir in the spectacular setting of Northern Norway, land of the midnight sun and dark secrets.

Nineteen-year-old Iselin Hanssen disappears during a run in Bodø and suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend. For investigator Jakob Weber, the case seems clear-cut at first, almost unexceptional. But there are clues that Iselin lived parts of her life beneath the radar of both family and friends …

The Night travels alone

Jakob Weber #2
Nominated for the Norwegian Silver Dagger award.
A hiker comes across a cabin with six ravens caged outside. A woman is ice bathing with friends when the body of her former lover surfaces. A girl is found dead in a dismal apartment. Someone tried to make it look like suicide.

Chief investigator Jakob Weber and his partner Noora are facing a wickedness unlike anything they’ve seen before in the heart of the beautiful wilderness of Kjerringøy isle.