So when an escaped criminal he knows all too well hands him a photo of a murdered prostitute, he reopens the cold case as a favour. Everyone’s busy and everyone’s got better things to do, but is there a darker reason that Angelica Reyes’ death has languished unsolved for five years? As Leo’s investigation pushes further into the past — Sweden’s, Angelica’s, his own — he’ll come face to face with the corruption at the heart of things.
Yet the reckoning may come too late — not only for Angelica Reyes, but for everyone.
Christoffer Carlsson has a PhD in criminology, and is a university lecturer in the subject. He has written five crime novels, including the bestselling The Invisible Man from Salem and the Young Adult noir October is the Coldest Month.
Michael Gallagher translates from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish. Notable works to date include Mattias Bostrom’s acclaimed From Holmes to Sherlock and Acts of Vanishing by Fredrik T. Olsson. He lives in Gothenburg with his two children.