Åke Edwardson is back with a new novel about Erik Winter, the next to last out of ten. A story about five men, all of whom are facing death in different ways. And who will be brought together by death. A gangster’s new car is seriously da ...
Åke Edwardson is back with a new novel about Erik Winter, the next to last out of ten. A story about five men, all of whom are facing death in different ways. And who will be brought together by death.
A gangster’s new car is seriously damaged by a hit-and-run driver. He now sees it as his life’s mission to track down the culprit. But he doesn’t really have time for this – he’s got something big going down.
A writer rents a house on a quiet dead-end street to get the peace he needs to start on his new book, following a difficult divorce. But a few days after moving in, his peace is disturbed by a neighbour who plays his music very loud. Our writer decides to go and speak to the neighbour, a move he will come to regret.
A non-conformist politician with a wife and three kids tries to live according to his faith, but finds it very hard to live up to everything in the face of God. Daytime he is a municipal councillor and in the evenings a parish priest. One day he is found dead in bed. With a dead man lying next to him.
A seemingly ordinary man faces an unusual choice: commit murder or be killed himself. He knows that he is unlikely to be set free even if he succeeds in carrying out the awful crime. And what is there to say they’ll let him go after one murder?
A chief inspector in Gothenburg starts working his way through yet another autumn, while pondering the meaning of life. Or rather, how to bring meaning to his life. He receives a telephone call that sets a series of events in motion. Our chief inspector suffers from recurring migraines, but he refuses to seek out what’s causing them. It’s a mistake. He is in danger of losing his family, but seems oblivious.
What do all these men have in common? They each stand – in different ways – in the face of death. And death will – in different ways – bring them together. But that’s only half the story. Virtually just the beginning.
Åke Edwardson was born in Småland in 1953 and now lives in Gothenburg. The novels about chief inspector Erik Winter have reached a readership of over three million and have been translated into over twenty languages. Nästan död man is the ninth and penultimate instalment in the series.
Rights sold to:
Like, Finland
Lattès, France
Rosinante, Denmark
Tiden Norsk, Norway
Bruna, the Netherlands
Praise for Åke Edwardson
"The suspense is driven like nails into the reader." Norrköpings Tidningar
"It’s sensitive, subtle and cleverly executed. /.../ Although it is just over five hundred pages long, it never ceases to engage and to excite. Edwardson really brings it home to us that the old puzzle still suffices to arouse the curiosity of the reader.” Svenska Dagbladet
"Reading Edwardson is a particular pleasure for those who appreciate the possibilities and expressiveness of language. /.../ Nästan död man is probably Åke Edwardson’s best crime thriller, even though it is hard make a comparison. He is a brilliant stylist with a treatment of language that you don’t always find among crime writers, and that alone makes it a pleasure to read his novels.” Nerikes Allehanda
”this is a taught and gripping thriller.” www.crimesquad.com
“Edwardson is a masterful storyteller /…/ crime writing at its most exciting” Globe & Mail