The fourth in Gerhardsen\u2019s best-selling Hammarbyeries reveals a horrible history in a Swedish town that on the surface seems to revolve around soccer games, poker nights, and kindness to those less fortunate. The first break in the idyll, and the opening of the book, is the shooting of Sven-Gunnar Erlandsson, a man whom everyone knows as a tireless soccer coach, helper of the homeless, and devoted father. If the investigators begin to think that maybe he\u2019s a little too saintly, well, that\u2019s probably just their long years encountering the worst of society. As the police look in ever-widening circles at the dead man\u2019s family, friends, and acquaintances, it starts to seem like he might have been the only good person around, surrounded as he was by dark secrets that are slowly and shockingly revealed. (Even the last sentence drops in a twist.) Every character, including those who are missing for years, is given a fully rounded personality here, and it\u2019s quite the large cast. Gerhardsen\u2019s masterful plotting takes us around multiple metaphorical corners, possible killers, and surprise victims in her character- and emotion-driven saga. Maybe it\u2019s time to get back into Scandi noir–and you don\u2019t have to have read the previous books in the series to enjoy this one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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