A superb thrilling historical thriller
Stockholm, 1793. From the death of King Gustav III. more than a year had passed, and a suffocating atmosphere of suspicion and conspiracy rumors spread across the city. In the stinking waters of the lake there is a corpse without hands and feet, mutilated beyond recognition. Investigations must be as discreet as possible, so the case is taken by a special Stockholm lawyer, Cecil Winge, a peculiar lawyer with a strong sense of justice, dying of coexistence. His partner will be veteran Mickel Cardell, rough on the surface, but with the heart in the right place. What Winge does not solve with intellect, Cardell provides a hard blow - he has a handy wooden prosthesis. Soon they will both be entangled in a network of dark secrets and bottomless evil, a network whose fibers reach back to the highest levels of Stockholm society. Through the eyes of the four storytellers, we look under the powdered and painted surface of Stockholm at the end of the 18th century, under which a frightening but fascinating reality emerges.
The intricate world of dark Stockholm at the end of the 18th century was quickly in love with readers around the world, including Germany, the UK and the USA. Clog your nose, open your eyes and dive into a sewer of crime!
*Swedish Crime Literature Award for Best Debut. Sold to 35 countries.
* Winner of the Crimetime Specsavers Award for Best Detective First Survey in 2018
* Sweden book 2018
* The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award for best debut in 2017
* One of Humo's Top 12 Fiction Books of 2018
* Chosen as “Best Crime Novel of 2018” by Adresseavisen
* One of Aftenposten's Best Crime Novels of 2018
* One of Dagbladet's “Favorite Books of 2018”.
