Part of Ewert Grens, book 5
First published 2011
Piet Hoffman has spent years working undercover with the Polish mafia, earning their trust as they plan to control amphetamine trafficking in Swedish prisons. Now the Swedish police need him to go deeper. He must enter the country's most dangerous prison as an inmate to stop the operation from inside. But when a drug transaction goes wrong and someone dies, Detective Inspector Ewert Grens takes the murder case. Grens never stops hunting until he solves his cases. His relentless investigation threatens to blow Hoffman's cover and expose him to the very criminals he's trying to stop. As Grens digs deeper, he uncovers corruption that reaches Sweden's highest government levels. Powerful people want the truth buried. Hoffman finds himself trapped between the mafia who will kill him if they learn he's a cop and the police who may sacrifice him to protect their secrets. In this world, no one can be trusted and even the most valuable agents become expendable.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, underdog
Setting: Poland, Sweden
Period: 21st-century
489 pages · Hardcover · SILVER OAK
Content warnings: violence