From the Swedish publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy comes a sensational new crime writing talent - and one of the best new Scandinavian crime series since Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole.
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It's the call every officer dreads.
Stockholm Criminal Investigator Conny Sjöberg finds a mother and her two young children lying peacefully in bed, their throats coldly and efficiently cut and no signs of a struggle.
As Conny and his team get to work they draw a blank on both motive and suspect for these cruel, senseless murders. The only lead they have is a mysterious benefactor of the family - who eludes their every search.
Distracted and hampered by the mysterious disappearance of one of their officers, Conny's squad struggle on - until a astonishing discovery turns the case upside down and threatens to tear his team apart . . .
Praise for Carin Gerhardsen:
'The pages turn themselves, right up to the startling final twist' John Verdon
'Fast paced and addictive' Barry Forshaw
Carin Gerhardsen was born in 1962 in Katrineholm, Sweden. Originally a mathematician, she enjoyed a successful career as an IT consultant before turning her hand to writing crime fiction. Carin now lives in Stockholm with her husband and their two children, and is working on the Hammarby series, which began with The Gingerbread House and Cinderella Girl and continues with The Last Lullaby.
