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One of the New York Times’ best crime novels of the year • Highly recommended by Good Morning America
#1 International Bestseller • A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder on the night the Prime Minister is assassinated – a novel that is “thrilling and deeply poignant” (Angie King) and written by one of Sweden’s top criminologists, hailed as “Sweden’s finest crime writer” (David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series)
“Christopher Carlson is to the police drama what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western.” —Anthony Mara, author of Mercury Pictures Tribute and Constellations of Life Phenomena
CRIMEREADS and Kirks Reviews Book of the Year
In February 1986, the Halland police received a call from a man who claimed to have attacked his first victim. “I’m going to do it again,” he said before the call ended. When officer Sven Jørgensen arrived at the crime scene, the woman was already dying. For Sven, this would be a defining moment. That same evening, Sweden was in a state of shock over the murder of its prime minister. Could there be a connection?
As Sven’s obsession with the case grows, two more victims fall victim. For years, Sven is haunted by the murders he has been unable to solve, fearing the killer will strike again. Failing to catch him, Sven quits the police force, passing his obsession on to his son, who joins the force to be closer to his father.
Decades later, the case unexpectedly resurfaces when a novelist returns to his hometown of Harland after a failed marriage and a shattered career. The writer befriends a retired police officer who helps the novelist (our narrator) unravel the many threads of this fascinating story about a community confronting its shame and legacy.
“Blaze Me a Sun” is one of Sweden’s best-selling books and the U.S. debut of the youngest winner of the annual Swedish Crime Novel Award, the country’s top crime prize, whose past winners include Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell.
From the publisher
ASIN : B09XL59MJX
Publisher : Hogarth (January 3, 2023)
Publication date: January 3, 2023
Language : English
File size: 2730 KB
Text to Speech : Enabled
Screen readers : Supported
Enhanced Typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky Notes : Kindle Scribe on
Print Length: 450 pages
