The Wolf and the Watchman
Author(s): Niklas Natt och Dag
The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound.
A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer.
The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.
Best Debut, The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award 2017
'Thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful' Fredrik Backman
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Hodder & Stoughton
- : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- : 0.52
- : 01 February 2019
- : books
Special Fields
- : Niklas Natt och Dag
- : Niklas Natt och Dag
- : Paperback
- : 1902
- : 1902
- : 839.738
- : 2 Crime
- : 407