“Far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer.”—Fredrik Backman
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller of the Fall
Two decades after an unsolved murder in a working-class town, another body turns up, ripping apart friendships and community—a captivating mystery and graceful investigation of brotherhood and family by a renowned criminologist
Winner of the three biggest prizes in Scandinavian crime writing: Best Swedish Crime Novel • The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel • Danish Rozenkrantz Prize for Best Translated Crime Novel
Small towns sometimes have a voice of their own.
On a snowy night, the Halland police come upon a devastating car crash with the driver missing and a corpse in the trunk. As Officer Siri Bengtsson begins her investigation, she keeps returning to two teenage boys—best friends whose stories don't add up.
Twenty years later, a similar crime takes place, and Siri, who abruptly quit the force years before in frustration and despair, becomes the town's only hope to solve the murders and unpack a community's long-held secrets.
In The Living and the Dead, Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of Western Sweden, a region of farmers, mechanics, and truck drivers torn apart by economic injustice and self-deceit—a world where the portal between the living and the dead is flung wide open, where no one is entirely innocent and old crimes will not be forgotten.
“I just don’t know anyone else who writes quite like this. All the makings of a page-turning thriller, but with an emotional depth that is truly rare. Carlsson is far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer at the moment, and The Living and the Dead is among his very best.”—Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“In 1999 Sweden, police arrive at the scene of a gruesome car crash with no driver and a corpse in the trunk. Twenty years later, a similar crime occurs, and a retired detective comes out of hiding to investigate both cases.”—Publishers Weekly (One of the Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of the Fall)
Christoffer Carlsson was born in 1986 on the west coast of Sweden. He holds a PhD in criminology from the University of Stockholm and is one of Sweden’s leading crime experts. Carlsson is the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, voted by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy, and has been a finalist for the prestigious Glass Key award, given to the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year.
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“Far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer.”—Fredrik Backman
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller of the Fall
Two decades after an unsolved murder in a working-class town, another body turns up, ripping apart friendships and community—a captivating mystery and graceful investigation of brotherhood and family by a renowned criminologist
Winner of the three biggest prizes in Scandinavian crime writing: Best Swedish Crime Novel • The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel • Danish Rozenkrantz Prize for Best Translated Crime Novel
Small towns sometimes have a voice of their own.
On a snowy night, the Halland police come upon a devastating car crash with the driver missing and a corpse in the trunk. As Officer Siri Bengtsson begins her investigation, she keeps returning to two teenage boys—best friends whose stories don't add up.
Twenty years later, a similar crime takes place, and Siri, who abruptly quit the force years before in frustration and despair, becomes the town's only hope to solve the murders and unpack a community's long-held secrets.
In The Living and the Dead, Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of Western Sweden, a region of farmers, mechanics, and truck drivers torn apart by economic injustice and self-deceit—a world where the portal between the living and the dead is flung wide open, where no one is entirely innocent and old crimes will not be forgotten.
Praise
“I just don’t know anyone else who writes quite like this. All the makings of a page-turning thriller, but with an emotional depth that is truly rare. Carlsson is far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer at the moment, and The Living and the Dead is among his very best.”—Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“In 1999 Sweden, police arrive at the scene of a gruesome car crash with no driver and a corpse in the trunk. Twenty years later, a similar crime occurs, and a retired detective comes out of hiding to investigate both cases.”—Publishers Weekly (One of the Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of the Fall)
Christoffer Carlsson was born in 1986 on the west coast of Sweden. He holds a PhD in criminology from the University of Stockholm and is one of Sweden’s leading crime experts. Carlsson is the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, voted by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy, and has been a finalist for the prestigious Glass Key award, given to the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year.
View titles by Christoffer Carlsson
