Disturbing, page turning psychological thriller. And on the Norwegian Bestsellerlist.
Few know who Ida Hansen really is. On the surface, she’s a dedicated psychiatric nurse for young adults in Trondheim. When a patient suddenly goes missing, Ida discovers an old toy bunny that links the disappearance to her own past. A past she doesn’t remember. Through hypnosis, Ida attempts to unearth repressed memories, hoping to find the missing girl. But can Ida trust her memories? Can she trust anyone around her at all?
You can call me Jan is an intense and enigmatic psychological thriller about memories and identity – filled with unsettling twists and suspense.
We may be talking about the best psychological thriller of the decade written by a female author.
Randaberg24
A convincing and disturbing psychiatric thriller (…) The finale is masterfully executed. Elvedal stretches credibility to the breaking point, but it just holds, not least because it is so well written. It is dark, it is depraved. It is thrilling and shocking. It is You Can Call Me Jan. Read at your own risk.
NRK
A lot of thriller literature is published, but books that are genuinely different are few and far between. But here is one.
Adresseavisa
An astonishingly ambitious work, where the author dares to paint the intense drama with a refined literary brush.
Krimlitteratur
A masterfully written thriller that draws you deeper and deeper into the heroine’s dark world. The tension increases with every page, I simply couldn’t stop reading. The author is incredibly talented, she knows exactly which word has which effect. And she has written one of the best plot twists I have ever read.
Claudia Winkler, Publisher at Ullstein
This is a mature masterpiece, written by someone who has studied human behavior for a long time, and should be read by both a crime audience and a literary audience. The thrilling elements in this book will remind people of Jussi Adler-Olsen, while the masterful depiction of guilt, innocence, and despair will remind others of Margaret Atwood.
Job Lisman, Publisher at Prometheus
You Can Call Me Jan is exquisitely chilling reading. This novel about the labyrinth of minds is so captivating that I became scared, in broad daylight, when I read it for the second time. The fact that ‘You Can Call Me Jan’ is Anne Elvedal’s first thriller novel for adults is almost unbelievable.
Tine Kjær, Director of Fiction at Cappelen Damm
Anne Elvedal has written a gripping psychological thriller, where every clue and twist reveals darker and deeper secrets.
Mariann Fugelsø Nilssen, Editor-in-Chief, Cappelen Damm
