The Thin Blue Line

Christoffer Carlsson (trans. Michael Gallagher)

‘A fresh, edgy tone.’

The Sunday Times Crime Club

Detective Leo Junker thought he’d crossed his last line. But he’s never learned to say no.

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.

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Format:Paperback

Size:234mm × 153mm

Extent:336pp

ISBN (13):9781925322897

RRP:$32.99

Pub date:3 Sep 2018

Rights Held: UK & Commonwealth (incl. Canada)

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AWARDS

2017 Best Crime Novel of the Year Award (Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy) - Short-listed

CATEGORIES / tags

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) FICTION / General Crime & mysteryFiction in translation FICTION / CrimeFICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

AUTHOR

Christoffer Carlsson

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.

TRANSLATOR

Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher translates from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish. Notable works to date include Mattias Bostro¨m’s acclaimed From Holmes to Sherlock and Acts of Vanishing by Fredrik T. Olsson. He lives in Gothenburg with his two children.

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