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The Dying Detective
Oct 11, 2024 10:17 AM

Author:Leif G W Persson

The Dying Detective

Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke. He is paying the price for a life of excess - stress, good food and fine wine. With his dangerously high blood pressure, his heart could fail at the slightest excitement.

In the hospital, a chance encounter with a neurologist provides an important piece of information about a 25-year-old murder investigation and alerts Lars Martin Johansson's irrepressible police instincts. The period for prosecution expired just weeks earlier and that isn't the only limitation. Lars Martin Johansson is determined to solve the atrocious crime – from his deathbed.

The inimitable style, distinct voice and dark humour of Leif GW Persson, along with the fascinating exploration of a long-cold murder case, serves to make The Dying Detective a true masterpiece of the genre.

Reviews

Persson is more authentic than Stieg Larsson.

—— La Repubblica, Italy

Persson remains unthreatened as the King of Swedish crime writing

—— Kvällsposten, Sweden

Persson combines the humor of Van Veeteren, Håkan Nesser's hero with the energy of Henning Mankell's detective Kurt Wallander.

—— Trouw, Netherlands

Read the book for its teeming sarcasm, its humor and its portrait of a dying detective and his tender, almost beautiful, relationships to friends and family – and perhaps to get a sharpened view of morals and revenge.

—— Fyns Amtsavis, Denmark

Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary *****

—— Heat

A tense and smartly constructed narrative

—— Wall Street Journal

The story is exciting, the setting cleverly evoked, the translation excellent . . . Welcome to a new voice.

—— Literary Review

Icy landscapes, mysterious clues, a messed up heroine . . . Nordic noir at its delicious best

—— Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else's Skin

If this is a debut novel, then it is something of a literary sensation

—— Bergens Tidende (Norway)

One is tempted to call it a textbook on the modern crime novel. This is how it should be done

—— Folkebladet (Denmark)

I’m Travelling Alone is a stunning debut. Think the debut of Stieg Larsson and how that reverberated for the next decade. The time has come again for such a debut and it is a beauty. This is the beginning of a major series and is truly awesome.

—— Ken Bruen

Crime addicts should look out for I'm Travelling Alone

—— GQ

An absolutely brilliant Norwegian crime novel that has everything you want in a good story. Believable and interesting characters. A truly thrilling mystery and plot

—— Aftonbladet (Sweden)

Excellent reviews and thousands of hooked readers. Welcome to the dark world of Inspector H. Munch and to an unforgettable crime novel

—— Cosmopolitan (Spain)

A dangerously good thriller

—— Wegener Dagbladen (Holland)

This thriller gets under your skin and won't let you go. One thing is very clear at the end: we want to read more about Holger Munch and Mia Krüger!

—— Booksection.de (Germany)

A very sophisticated and terrifying thriller, which keeps the reader guessing and gasping to the very last page. The story is powerful, the style is fluent, and the cast of characters is simply irresistible

—— Thrillermagazine.it (Italy)

Deliciously twisted, shot through with dark and acid humour and the denouement is truly chilling

—— Sarah Hilary

A gradual descent from ordinary, straightforward murder to the very heart of darkness. Liz Nugent's characters are as unforgettably monstrous as they are believable ... superbly crafted

—— Jane Casey

She keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from page one until the completely unexpected ending. I read Lying in Wait in one sitting. I just couldn't bear the suspense. I absolutely loved it

—— Amanda Redman

This book is a work of twisted genius. It is going to be HUGE. Watch out for Ali Land

—— Bryony Gordon

Listen to the early praise for Ali Land's Good Me Bad Me because it's all true. It's dark, utterly gripping, brilliant

—— David Headley, Goldsboro Books

I read this book in one compulsive gulp over two days and absolutely loved it. It's raw, superbly controlled and it chills to the bone

—— Richard Skinner

You know from the first page you're in confident hands. A genuinely disturbing debut that will stay with you long after you turn the last page. Good Me Bad Me is going to be huge - and it deserves to be

—— Catherine Ryan Howard

The best crime debut I've read in ages. Creepy, edgy and addictively twisted. I loved it

—— Sarah Hilary

Ali Land's Good Me Bad Me is an intensely compelling exploration of nature versus nurture wrapped up in a page-turning psychological thriller. Darkly disturbing and beautifully written. What more could any reader want?

—— Sarah Pinborough

Good Me Bad Me is an astonishing debut - technically sophisticated and emotionally heart wrenching. So many things are done well - the status jungle of girls school, the psychological dissonance of a dysfunctional family, the internal machinery of damaged children. I thought it was wonderful

—— Helen Callaghan, bestselling author of , Dear Amy

One word: Wow. What a brilliant book - believable, shocking, thought-provoking and utterly compelling. The writing, as well as being so pacey, is beautiful. This feels such a current and original book

—— T R Richmond

Good Me Bad Me is a compelling page-turner. Chilling and dark, it grips you and won't let go

—— Rebecca Done

Ten pages into Good Me Bad Me, I became an Ali Land fan. Her beautiful, intimate voice immediately tugged me into the heart and mind of a serial killer's daughter and then wouldn't let go. Is there hope for this teenager's new life outside of her mother's horror? Original, intense, and utterly compelling, Good Me Bad Me is not just a terrific thriller but a psychological dive into a young girl's soul. It takes subtlety and perfect balance to maintain a dark tale like this, and Land never once stutters or makes you look away

—— Julia Heaberlin, author of Sunday Times bestseller , Black-Eyed Susans

A triumph of tension. I doubt I'll ever sleep again

—— Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of R&J bestseller , The Last Act of Love
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