Silent Scream

Alex slips off her headphones and savors the sensation of stillness in silence while the crowd dances on at Oslo’s hot new silent disco. She is conducting her dream field research on sound and attention when a handsome stranger beckons to her from across the dance floor. Hoping for a little warmth in Norway’s cold climate, she follows him — going from anthropology PhD student to murder suspect. With the Norwegian police and a killer closing in, Alex is stranded in a country where every puzzle piece is slightly out of place. While dyslexia makes reading Norwegian difficult, it also gifts her an uncanny ability to read people. Soon she is channeling Ms. Marple as much as Margaret Meade, as she re-places puzzle pieces and navigates the sharp edges of the frosty Fjord in an attempt to free herself and return home.

Author Biography

Whether on the page, on screen, in a theater or art gallery, Anthropologist Roxanne Varzi and IPPY Gold Medal author, invites us to experience the world anew. A Professor at the University of California, Irvine, her award-winning works have made her an internationally recognized pioneer of multi-modal anthropology – blending rigorous ethnographic research with images, sounds, and stories that explain and shape our collective imagination.