{"product_id":"always-a-novel-aud-torvingen-paperback","title":"Always: A Novel (Aud Torvingen) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicola Griffith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is the third thrill ride featuring Torvingen, the most complex yet...Little is held back: the violence, the eroticism, the shocking plot turns...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Seattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If Jack Reacher had a sister, she'd be Aud Torvingen . . . he would love her, but he'd be a little scared of her, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e―Lee Child\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAud Torvingen has never worried about violence. To her it is simply a tool, one of many, to be used, as appropriate, with dispassion, speed, and precision. In \u003ci\u003eAlways\u003c\/i\u003e, she takes on a new challenge: teaching a group of ordinary Atlanta women self-defense skills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt doesn't matter how well trained you are, how big, how fast, how strong; there will always be someone out there bigger or faster or stronger. Always.\u003c\/i\u003e That's what Aud tells her students--but she never imagined the consequences of imparting that lesson, which shake her to the core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo regroup, she travels to Seattle to meet her Norwegian diplomat mother and her mother's new husband. She's also there to handle what looks to be a run-of-the-mill fraud at one of her investment properties, currently being used as a movie set. Big money is in play, and it seems someone is sabotaging the production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn intertwined Seattle and Atlanta narratives--seductive, and breathtakingly taut--Nicola Griffith pushes Aud to the limits of self-reliance and makes Aud face the appalling, and appealing, prospect of allowing herself to need other people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eAlways\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning Griffith ratchets her fiction, plot, and narrative up yet another notch...\u003ci\u003eAlways\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of compelling and complex literary substance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Baltimore Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Crime and love, set against the backdrop of the Seattle skyline, are a compelling mix. Aud Torvingen is like no protagonist in fiction, male or female, and her complexity makes for fascinating fiction\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Oregonian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Yowza!...synergy of action and adrenaline... Fist-slamming physicality is beautifully balanced with raised emotional stakes as Griffith dares to take her lethally forceful heroine to a new level.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nicola Griffith's Aud Torvingen novels are among the finest, most original crime fiction I've read...I am forever Ms. Griffith's fan.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Robert Crais\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Aud is a hero we need now more than ever...Griffith has created one of the most intriguing and most unforgettable characters in detective fiction--or really anywhere.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ivy Pochoda\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"WIthout Aud, it's hard to see how there could have been a Lisbeth Salander.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Val McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I can't rave enough.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e --Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Griffith\u003c\/b\u003e is a dual UK\/US citizen who lives in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of award-winning novels including \u003ci\u003eSpear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHild\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmmonite\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written for \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She is the founder and cohost of #CripLit, holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, and enjoys a ferocious bout of wheelchair boxing. She is married to the novelist and screenwriter Kelley Eskridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.19 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378959315046,"sku":"9780374539214","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YhX4zos3X79780374539214.webp?v=1768912886","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/always-a-novel-aud-torvingen-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}