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A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER''S WEB The launch of a new series inspired by Sherlock Holmes. A murder investigation brings together two unlikely allies in a race to uncover a shadowy international conspiracy. Professor Hans Rekke: born into a wealthy Stockholm family, world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of vertiginous feats of logic and observation . . . But he might just fall apart when the going gets tough, leading to substance abuse and despair. Micaela Vargas: community police officer, born to Chilean political refugees in a tough suburb, with two brothers on the shady side of the law. Vargas feels she has something to prove. She''s tenacious and uncompromising, but she needs Rekke''s unique mind to help her solve the case. Rekke has it all - wealth, reputation - but also a tendency to throw it all away. He needs Vargas to help him get back on an even keel so he can focus his mind on finding the killer before they''re both silenced for good. Translated from the Swedish by Ian Giles

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A crime thriller inspired by Sherlock Holmes, written by the author who successfully continued writing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy sounds like a dream. But it's happened . . . You'll love the massive contrast in styles of the two main characters, as they cope with the ups and downs of a complicated investigation - one Holmes himself would have loved to solve Alan Jones Independent

Product details

• Authors: David Lagercrantz
• Assisted by: Ian Giles (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2022
• EAN: 9781529413182
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-1318-2
• No. of pages: 383
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 233 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Afghanistan, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Terrorism, TRAVEL / Europe / Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden), HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Sweden, Thriller / suspense, Iraq, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Espionage and spy thriller, Afghan War, Iraq War