Book description
'An investigation consists of a mass of voices, the sort you can
hear, and the sort you can't. You have to listen to the soundless
voices, Malin. That's where the truth is hidden.'
The snow covered all the tracks, as the killer knew it would. But it
couldn't hide the victim, the man who now hung naked from a lonely tree
on a frozen plain.
Malin Fors is first on the scene. A thirty-one-year-old single mother,
Malin is the most talented and ambitious detective on the Linkoping
police force, but also the most unpredictable. She must lead the
investigation while keeping her fractured life on the rails.
No one knows the identity of the dead man. Or perhaps no one ever wanted
to know. When all the voices of the investigation have fallen silent,
Malin can rely only on herself and her own instincts. And as she follows
in the frigid wake of the killer, Malin begins to discover just how far
the people in this small town are willing to go to keep their secrets
buried. Mons grew up in a working-class household in the provincial
town of Linkoping, Sweden, where the Malin Fors series is set. Before
becoming a writer, he worked in journalism and is also a keen food
critic. His first novel, Pesetas
, was awarded the Swedish equivalent of the Whitbread Award. He has been
married to Karolina for over 20 years, and they live in Stockholm with
their daughter and son.
His novels are translated into English by Neil Smith.
