The Wolf and the Watchman - Niklas Natt och Dag

Set in the gritty streets and shadowy corners of 18th-century Stockholm, The Wolf and the Watchman is a dark, masterful historical thriller where a chilling murder investigation peels back the twisted layers of a city rife with secrets, corruption, and intrigue. ';The Alienist set in 18th-century Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthrallingand the best historical thriller I've read in twenty years.' A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window ';Thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful.' Fredrik Backman, #1 bestselling author of A Man Called Ove ';Chilling and thought-provoking. Relentless, well-written, and nearly impossible to put down.' Kirkus Reviews (starred review)One morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm's Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell's help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge's health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer's son who is lead down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their investigation peels back l
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