Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End - Couverture souple

Persson, Leif G W

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0385614187 ISBN 13 : 9780385614184

Editeur : Doubleday, 2011

Synopsis

It begins with the apparent suicide of a young American student in Stockholm. What is at first an open and shut case of suicide quickly leads to a complex web of international espionage, treachery and ultimately the legendary murder of the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme.

Dogged by the incompetence of their colleagues and the murkiness of the political aspects of the case, a few good and honourable policemen must make their way through a world of corruption, violence and prejudice if they are to survive and discover the truth behind the greatest trauma to hit Sweden in living memory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Leif GW Persson is the Grand Master of Scandinavian crime fiction. Over three decades, he has taken a scalpel to the political and social mores of Swedish society in his dark, complex and satirical crime novels. His work melds the social realism of a Balzac or a Dickens with the hard-boiled street smarts of James Ellroy.

Born in 1945 in a working class family, Persson has had an extraordinary career. At once Scandinavia's most renowned criminologist and leading psychological profiler, Persson has also served as an advisor to the Swedish Ministry of Justice. Since 1991, he has been Professor at the National Swedish Police Board and is regularly consulted by media as the country's foremost expert on crime. He is the author of nine novels. This is the first one to be translated into English.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER SWEDISH CRIME NOVELS, NOW TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Incident: A young man dies falling from a tall building

Place: Stockholm

Date: 22 November

Time: Between 19.56 and 20.01

Temperature: Below zero

Verdict: Suicide

Or is it?

The death of an unknown American, though tragic, should be an open-and-shut case. But when Superintendent Lars Johansson begins to delve beneath the layers of corruption, incompetence and violence that threaten to strangle the Stockholm police department, he uncovers a complex web of treachery, politics and espionage.

Johansson quickly realizes that there is nothing routine about this suicide as it transports him from domestic drama to the rotten heart of Sweden's government.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385614187
• ISBN 13: 9780385614184
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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