The Bird Tribunal

The Bird Tribunal is a psychological thriller about two people who are in exile. One of the characters, Allis Hagtorn, is a TV presenter who leaves her partner and job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. Her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not what she expected, and her employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. They start to develop an obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough. The novel builds to a shocking, dramatic crescendo that will leave you breathless.

Two people in exile. Two secrets. As the past tightens its grip, there may be no escape . . .
TV presenter Allis Hagtorn leaves her partner and her job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. But her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not all that it seems, and her silent, surly employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. As they await the return of his wife from her travels, their silent, uneasy encounters develop into a chilling, obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough . . .
Haunting, consuming and powerful, The Bird Tribunal is a taut, exquisitely written psychological thriller that builds to a shocking, dramatic crescendo that will leave you breathless.