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From the million-copy international bestseller. 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 Stockholm and Copenhagen police investigate the death of a Danish TV star and the disappearance of the Swedish Minister for Justice.

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The stunning prequel to Victim Without a Face .

TWO COUNTRIES IN THE GRIP OF WINTER .
On the coldest day of the year, Sweden´s Minister for Justice steps into a blizzard - and disappears. Who has taken him? That same night, across the Baltic Sea, a Danish celebrity is at her home, locked in and cut off from the snow. Then she hears footsteps in her living room. Who is in her house?

TWO KILLERS STALK THE STREETS .
The police are soon hunting two different murderers. One is a surgeon who carefully dissects his victims. The other is a brutal predator who targets random women. Police in Stockholm and Copenhagen are closing in on their suspects. But as winter darkens and more people die , their investigations begin to unravel.

SOMETIMES MURDER IS JUST THE BEGINNING...

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

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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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