If you like Stieg Larsson, try a much better Swedish writer

The latest Swedish sensation

Powerful

Haunting

Nerve-jangling

A magnificent storyteller

The storytelling is poised and beautiful

The stories von Schirach tells here are compelling in their own right but he elevates them to something greater with his calm, precise narration. These are like 20 or more mini episodes of The Killing (acutally, they would make for an amazing television series). They are masterpieces in miniature. I cannot recommend them highly enough

Schirach is a defence lawyer in his native Germany, and these tales of individual crimes read almost like a real-life case-by-case study

My book of the year: a dazzling double-bill exploring unusual criminal cases… hypnotic, heartbreaking prose

Crime is a curiously beguiling collection of short stories

An ambitious, fun, exciting and original crime novel.

The Bat is a truly captivating crime novel.

The Bat is innovative and different, and the pace that Jo Nesbo creates in his debut novel makes you long for more crime novels featuring Harry Hole.

Jo Nesbo has written the cleverest debut novel in the crime genre that I’ve read in a long time.

Most satisfyingly we can now see the organic shape that Nesbo always intended his work to take, and the canvas stretching out in front of us is a crowded one