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The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

Summary

Six bodies are found on a Swedish mountain - and a cold case rapidly heats up...

FROM THE ACCLAIMED CREATORS OF WALLANDER and THE BRIDGE

Six skeletons on a mountainside. The relics of a terrible crime committed long ago.

For Sebastian Bergman, that just makes the investigation into who they are, who killed them, and why, even more complex. At first the investigation was a chance to escape his ex-girlfriend and spend some time with his daughter, Vanja. An opportunity to try and build a relationship with her before it's too late.

But soon he finds that he's more involved than he would ever want to be. And his personal life is horribly, disastrously tangled up in it all . . .

Reviews

  • Stunning … This is a complex and compelling novel that invites comparison with Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy.
    Sunday Times

About the authors

Michael Hjorth

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Hans Rosenfeldt

Hans Rosenfeldt has hosted both radio and television shows, and is Sweden’s leading screenwriter and the creator of The Bridge, which is broadcast in more than 170 countries.
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