Detective Fabian Risk returns to his hometown to resolve a string of hideously inventive murders.
It's a better class of murder in Sweden... Epic in scale and ambition, this announces a new arrival in the Swedish crime galaxy'
Recalls Mankell at his best in its whip-smart observations, flawed but endearing characters and gruesome appeal
Full of surprise, suspense, and the shadows of the past. I read it in one sitting
The next Swedish thriller king
Grabs you from the very first page and refuses to let you go
A superb and compelling read
Fast paced, gripping, gruesome and thrilling – I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be looking out for the next Fabian Risk book
Gripping, surprising and tense
A gripping, tense and sinister thriller, with the dark and chilling atmosphere characteristic of the Nordic Noir genre. It is a disturbing, thought-provoking and genuinely scary story that left me double checking the door lock before I went to bed!... A superb example of a Nordic Noir/Scandi crime thriller'
An exciting thriller... Each chapter is left on a cliff-hanger and with interesting characters that make us care, we need to know what happens to them'
Stefan Ahnhem is the internationally bestselling author of the Fabian Risk thrillers. He has worked as a screenwriter on Mankell's
Kurt Wallander series and serves on the board of the Swedish Writers Guild. He lives in Copenhagen. Follow him @StefanAhnhem.
Stefan Ahnhem is the internationally bestselling author of the Fabian Risk thrillers. He has worked as a screenwriter on Mankell's
Kurt Wallander series and serves on the board of the Swedish Writers Guild. He lives in Copenhagen. Follow him @StefanAhnhem.