The Asylum

FROM THE WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2010 FOR THE DARKEST ROOM 'A compelling and scary psychological thriller' - Sunday Mirror Who amongst us can really say they're sane?Jan has just started working at the Dell nursery. But this is no normal nursery. It's linked to a high-security asylum by a dimly-lit underground tunnel, which is used for the children to visit their parents. Who are some of the most dangerous psychopaths in the country.And Jan has complicated reasons for being here. There's something he's not telling people about his past. And there's someone in the asylum who he really wants to see . . .

About the author

Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the Baltic Island of Öland. His mother's family - sailors, fishermen and farmers - have lived there for centuries, nurturing the island's rich legacy of strange tales and folklore.

A journalist by profession, Johan lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Johan Theorin
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9780552778916
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77891-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, Sweden, Crime and mystery fiction, jo nesbo; thriller; serial killer; stieg larsson; sweden