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From the million-copy author of Victim Without a Face . To enter Stefan Ahnhem´s world, with its interwoven plotlines and sprawling cast of characters, is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller.

How do you catch a serial killer who never strikes the same way twice?

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He strikes at random. His motive unknown. No one is safe...

Helsingborg police must solve the unsolveable. A wave of apparently random homicides is sweeping through their idyllic seaside town. The murders have no pattern, no order, no reason. The perpetrator is immune to psychological profiling; forensically untraceable; utterly invulnerable to modern police techniques.

The body count is growing. But lead investigator Fabian Risk is distracted by his mission to expose a corrupt colleague, and his boss Astrid is spiralling back into addiction. As the hunt for the solution becoming ever more desperate, their tight-knit team begins to unravel...

Motive X is both an explosive, multi-layered thriller and a fearless exploration of the darkest side of human nature. To enter Stefan Ahnhem´s world, with its interwoven plotlines and sprawling cast of characters, is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller.

The story continues in X Ways to Die , available May 2020.

REVIEWS FOR STEFAN AHNHEM:

´ Atmospheric and complicated [...] with great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps´ Sunday Times (star pick).

´More gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larsson and more bleakly human than Henning Mankell´ Tony Parsons.

´ Epic in scale and ambition´ Daily Mail .

´An intense journey, with an intricate plot ... Ahnhem has mastered atmosphere, pacing and intrigue´ Crime Review .

´Masterly plotting, grisly murders and chilling suspense: Stefan Ahnhem keeps the threads of this complex, two-country narrative pulled tense´ Better Reading .

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´That Ahnhem can keep all those balls juggling without dropping them is no mean feat ... A very good piece of writing ... He tells the story with almost teasing changes of scene and multiple points of view, and very matter of fact gory violence´ Crime Time .

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Ahnhem, Stefan
Stefan Ahnhem is the internationally bestselling author of the Fabian Risk thrillers. He has worked as a screenwriter on Mankell´s Kurt Wallander series and serves on the board of the Swedish Writers Guild. He lives in Copenhagen. Follow him @StefanAhnhem.

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