Part of Ewert Grens, book 14
First published 2025
Midnight strikes in Stockholm as spectacular attacks paralyze the capital. Police leadership believes they can prevent further violence, but Criminal Inspector Mariana Hermansson at the violent crimes unit knows something is wrong. While her superiors lose their way, she tracks clues leading to Älvkarleby and ward 5 of a forensic psychiatric clinic. Someone has orchestrated crimes beyond anything they have encountered before, beyond what they can imagine. Only one solution exists for Hermansson. She must get inside the walls and barbed wire. She undertakes this mission alongside her former boss and the police's top infiltrator, Commissioner Ewert Grens and criminal Piet Hoffmann, in what will become their final shared adventure together.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Stockholm, Älvkarleby
Period: Midnight
440 pages · Hardcover · Albert Bonniers förlag