First published 2010
Jacob Kanon walks through Rome's ancient streets, but he sees only death. The NYPD detective studies every corner where his daughter Kimmy and her boyfriend were murdered during their vacation. Young couples keep dying across Europe. Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Stockholm. Each crime scene tells the same story. Each murder brings the same calling card. Local newspapers receive postcards before the killers strike again. The message never changes: Wish you were here. Kanon teams up with Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson when she gets a postcard in Stockholm. They race to decode the pattern. The killers have chosen their next city. Kanon must catch them before another couple dies, or his daughter's death will remain just one more unsolved case in a growing pile of bodies.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, race-against-time
Setting: Rome, Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Stockholm
Period: Contemporary
420 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: murder, violence