Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge: A Novel
By (Author) Kjersti Herland Johnsen
Translated by Olivia Lasky
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperVia
1st October 2025
United States
General
Fiction
Crime and / or mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Romance
Romantic suspense
839.8238
Paperback
400
Width 135mm, Height 203mm, Spine 25mm
327g
Mark the days till Christmas with this feel-good cozy mystery set at a quaint family inn in the snowy mountains of Norwaystructured as an advent calendar for your daily reading pleasure.
An old mystery. A tragic accident. Secrets. Confessions. A new beginning.
After a traumatic climbing accident, well-known Alpinist Ingrid Berg has returned to the small Norwegian village that her family has called home for generations to take over the management of the Glitter Peak Lodge from her aging grandmother, who's no longer up to the task. With Christmas rapidly approaching, the Glitter Peak Lodge staff are busy bakingkransekake and saffron buns, decorating an enormous tree with tinsel, and enlisting guests to participate in their Santa Lucia celebration.
But within short order of Ingrids return, complications arise that seem out of the ordinary. Unexpected cancellations. An outspoken American guest who seems to unsettle Ingrids beloved grandmother. Leaking pipes that may imply sabotage. And then one day, Ingrid discovers a yellowed, decades-old newspaper clipping about an unsolved local mystery...
Will Ingrid be able to figure out whats going on in time to save the innand her familys legacyfrom ruin
The ultimate holiday treat,Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodgeis a testament to the healing power of family and home and the magical bonds of community. Set up like an advent calendar, with twenty-four chapters, each set on a different day in December leading up to Christmas, it can be savored one chapter a day or devoured in one sitting.
Delightful and charminga breath of lovely mountain air! Jenny Colgan, author ofThe Bookshop on the CornerandThe Christmas Bookshop
Delightful and charminga breath of lovely mountain air! Jenny Colgan, author of The Bookshop on the Corner and The Christmas Bookshop [This] atmospheric Hallmark-style book . . . offer[s] a little for everyone: mountain climbing, village secrets, romance, bullying. The Norwegian customs and recipes are an extra treat. Library Journal
Kjersti Herland Johnsen has a major in history from the University of Bergen and has worked in the Norwegian publishing industry since 1998. She lives in Oslo with her husband, two children, and a cat named Batman. Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge is her second novel and the first to be published in English.