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WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD FOR BEST NORDIC CRIME NOVEL
T H E S C A N D I N AV I A N P R I Z E - W I N N I N G A N D I N T E R N AT I O N A L LY B E S T S E L L I N G S E N S AT I O N
WINNER OF THE BEST SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL
‘A page-turning thriller with an emotional depth that is truly rare. Carlsson is far and away my favourite Scandinavian crime writer at the moment.’ FREDRIK BACKMAN
WINNER OF DENMARK’S PALLE ROSENKRANTZ PRIZE FOR BEST TRANSLATED CRIME NOVEL
‘Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western.’ ANTHONY MARRA
‘The finest crime writer we have in Sweden.’ DAVID LAGERCRANTZ
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The hunt for Mikael Söderström’s killer will take over twenty years. It will see a detective leave the force forever. And it won’t end until a second body is found, and the tight-knit community’s secrets are finally brought to light . . .
‘Carlsson plumbs what can and cannot be known about human lives and criminal investigations.’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Tender and beautifully written . . . I became totally immersed in this cold, fractured world.’ ARAMINTA HALL
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‘A page-turning thriller with rare emotional depth’
Fredrik Backman
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FINISHES
was born in 1986 on the west coast of Sweden. He holds a PhD in criminology from the University of Stockholm and is one of Sweden’s leading crime experts. Carlsson is the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, voted by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy, and has also been awarded the prestigious Glass Key award, given to the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year.
The next morning, each is a key suspect in a murder. Each has something they want to conceal from the police. And from the other.
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On a cold, snowy winter’s night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together, in a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, they imagine they will remain so forever.
‘Here’s a thriller to break your heart . . . Assembles some of the most beloved tropes of recent years – the frostbitten danger of Scandinavian crime, the small-town intimacy of Broadchurch – and charges them with fresh, dark energy. Magnificent.’ A.J. FINN
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