Invisible Man From Salem

When a young woman is shot dead in his apartment building, disgraced former police officer Leo Junker sets out to catch the killer, even though he has been warned off the case. As his rogue investigation gets underway, a series of frightening connections emerge, linking the murder to his own troubled youth in Salem and forcing him to confront a long ago incident that changed his life forever.

About the author

Christoffer Carlsson was born and raised in Halmstad, on the west coast of Sweden. He earned his PhD in Criminology from the University of Stockholm where he currently serves as a lecturer. In 2012, he was awarded the International European Society of Criminology's Young Criminologist Award.

Summary

When a young woman is shot dead in his apartment block, disgraced former police officer Leo Junker is one of the first on the scene. Examining the dead body, he notices that the woman is clasping a cheap necklace – a necklace he instantly recognises.

Despite being warned off the case, Leo sets out on a rogue investigation to catch the killer, uncovering a series of frightening connections between the murder and his own troubled youth in Salem, and forcing him to confront a long ago incident that changed his life forever.

Foreword

The first instalment in the internationally bestselling Leo Junker series.

Additional text

‘Christoffer Carlsson's The Invisible Man From Salem is gloomy, frightening, thrilling – and a few shades darker than his predecessors. A perfect example of the blind, tragic loneliness that adds fuel to the fire of hate, violence, lack of solidarity and xenophobia.’

Product details

• Authors: Christoffe Carlsson, Christoffer Carlsson, Michael Gallagher
• Assisted by: Michael Gallagher (Translation)
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781925228786
• ISBN: 978-1-925228-78-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Leo Junker; Leo Junker
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Schwedische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Fiction in translation, Sweden, Crime & mystery fiction, EIBF; Edinburgh International Book Festival;, Nordic Noir; suspense;