28 February 1986: On a bitterly cold winter evening, Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death at the center of Stockholm. The head of state’s unsolved murder becomes the biggest criminal case in Swedish history and a trauma of national proportions.
Over 30 years later, the two very different inspectors Stina Forss and Ingrid Nyström stumble on a promising lead and begin to investigate. It soon becomes clear that their investigations are awakening dark forces determined to keep the crime from being solved at all costs. Their no-holds-barred struggle for the truth turns into a merciless fight for life and death, pushing the two women to their absolute limits: psychologically, physically, morally – and beyond.
In the eighth volume of the popular crime series set in Sweden, the SPIEGEL-bestselling authors present their masterpiece – a breathless thriller, fast-paced, carefully researched, and intricately constructed.
"The novel is well-researched, well versed in all the Palme theories." – FAZ
Rights to the series have been sold to the Czech Republic and Sweden.
