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The wolf and the watchman a novel

It is 1793. Four years after the storming of the Bastille in France and more than a year after the death of King Gustav III of Sweden, paranoia and whispered conspiracies are Stockholm's daily bread. A promise of violence crackles in the air as ordinary citizens feel increasingly vulnerable to the w...

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Main Author: Natt och Dag, Niklas, 1979- (Author)
Other Authors: Segerberg, Ebba (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Swedish
Published: New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Private investigators > Sweden > Stockholm > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Sweden > Stockholm > Fiction.
Corruption > Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:It is 1793. Four years after the storming of the Bastille in France and more than a year after the death of King Gustav III of Sweden, paranoia and whispered conspiracies are Stockholm's daily bread. A promise of violence crackles in the air as ordinary citizens feel increasingly vulnerable to the whims of those in power. When Mickel Cardell, a crippled ex-solider and former night watchman, finds a mutilated body floating in the city's malodorous lake, he feels compelled to give the unidentifiable man a proper burial. For Cecil Winge, a brilliant lawyer turned consulting detective to the Stockholm police, a body with no arms, legs, or eyes is a formidable puzzle and one last chance to set things right before he loses his battle to consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell scour Stockholm to discover the body's identity, encountering the sordid underbelly of the city's elite. Meanwhile, Kristofer Blix-the handsome son of a farmer-leaves rural life for the alluring charms of the capital and ambitions of becoming a doctor. His letters to his sister chronicle his wild good times and terrible misfortunes, which lead him down a treacherous path. In another corner of the city, a young woman-Anna-Stina-is consigned to the workhouse after she upsets her parish priest. Her unlikely escape plan takes on new urgency when a sadistic guard marks her as his next victim.
Item Description:"Originally published in Swedish in 2017 as 1793"--Title page verso.
Maps on lining papers.
Physical Description:373 pages : map ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781501196775
1501196774
Author Notes:Niklas Natt och Dag ("Night and Day") is a member of the oldest surviving noble family in Sweden. He enjoys playing the guitar, mandolin, violin, and the Japanese bamboo flute. T he Wolf and the Watchman , his first novel, was named the Best Debut of 2017 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers and is being published in thirty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and their two sons.

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