Blaze Me a Sun - A Novel About a Crime

Informationen zum Autor Christoffer Carlsson 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 been a finalist for the prestigious Glass Key award, given to the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year. Blaze Me a Sun is Christoffer Carlsson’s American debut. Klappentext "In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who has attacked his first victim. 'I'm going to do it again,' he says before the line cuts off. By the time police officer Sven Jèorgensson reaches the crime scene, the victim is taking her last breath. On the same night, the prime minister of Sweden is murdered. Is there a connection? Decades later, the case resurfaces when a novelist returns to Halland and begins to unspool this tale of a community haunted and brought together by the long shadows of violence."--|cProvided by publishe Leseprobe 1 It was the summer Evy Carlén got very sick, realized she didn’t have long to live, and confided in me that she knew what had happened to Sven Jörgensson and his son, Vidar, up in Tiarp. We hadn’t known each other very long. I knew Evy had been a police officer and had moved to the house near Tofta a few years after retiring. Her husband, Ronnie, had died, and in her widowhood she devoted her days to the beautiful garden surrounding their house. It was situated a few kilometers up in the woods. That was how we met. Ever since my return, I’ve lived a relatively quiet life. That’s how I like it. I’m over forty now, and my days don’t include any children, women, or other distractions. I spend my time writing or reading. Once or twice a week I take the car and go grocery shopping, drop by the bookstore, or visit my parents. They’re in their seventies now. On occasion I drive down to Lund, where my brother works and where my editor spends half his time. I don’t do much else. If I like I can walk down to the bus stop on Växjövägen and ride into town to see an old friend over a cup of coffee or a beer. Those trips are increasingly scarce now. The only truly regular facet of my existence, beyond writing and reading, is taking walks. I hardly ever took walks during my years in Stockholm, unless I had some destination in mind, but down here I walk a few kilometers almost every day. I don’t know quite why I need it, but I do. Alongside the treat of a glass of whiskey a few times a week, after an especially productive workday, my walks are one of the few rewards I allow myself. The first time I met her was in late June. The old woman was in her garden next to an open bag of potting soil. The quiet nature of her surroundings meant that she noticed me right away as I came walking by. She looked up, spotted me, nodded, and smiled. “Aren’t you the one who moved in down by the road? Into the yellow house?” “Yes, that’s me, I moved here recently,” I said. “Where did you live before?” “Stockholm. But I’m from here originally.” “I’ve seen you on walks in the neighborhood.” “It’s become a habit. This is a beautiful stretch.” “Oh. Maybe it is. It’s like I don’t see it myself anymore.” She strode over to the fence and put out her hand. “I’m Evy.” Once I’d introduced myself, she said, “That’s right. You’re the one who writes books. Aren’t you?” “Yes,” I said, even though I hadn’t been able to write a word since I came back. “I suppose I am.” “I haven’t read any of them, I have to confess.” “There’s no need to. Have you lived here long?” “For almost fifteen years. My husband and I bought the house. Now it’s just me. I’ve thought about selling it, of course,” she went on, as if anticipating a question she heard often, “but I don’t...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christoffer Carlsson, Rachel Willson-Broyles
• Verlag: Hogarth US
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.11.2023
• EAN: 9780593449370
• ISBN: 978-0-593-44937-0
• Seiten: 480
• Abmessung: 132 mm x 202 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Halland Suite
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung