{"product_id":"the-living-and-the-dead-a-novel-about-a-crime-hardcover","title":"The Living and the Dead: A Novel about a Crime - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristoffer Carlsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne town. Two crimes. Twenty years of silence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"brooding and brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003es, starred review) murder mystery set in a rural Swedish town, where one community's secrets will be laid bare over the next twenty years . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All the makings of a page-turning thriller, but with an emotional depth that is truly rare.\"--FREDRIK BACKMAN\u003cbr\u003e\"The finest crime writer we have in Sweden.\"--DAVID LAGERCRANTZ\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western.\"--ANTHONY MARRA\u003cbr\u003e\"A thriller rendered with precision and beauty.\"--ADAM WHITE\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlsson plumbs what can and cannot be known about human lives and criminal investigations.\"--\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A must for Nordic noir and psychological mystery fans.\"--\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e (STARRED REVIEW)\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlsson is the creme de la creme of Nordic noir.\"--\u003ci\u003eBOOKPAGE\u003c\/i\u003e (STARRED REVIEW)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of the Fall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BEST NORDIC CRIME NOVEL (THE GLASS KEY AWARD) - WINNER OF THE BEST SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL AWARD - WINNER OF DENMARK'S PALLE ROSENKRANTZ PRIZE FOR BEST TRANSLATED CRIME NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall towns sometimes have a voice of their own.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a snowy winter night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together outside a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, the two seventeen-year-olds imagine they will remain so forever. But by the next morning, a corpse is found in the trunk of a car, and each boy is a suspect in the murder. Each has something they want to conceal from the police. And from the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hunt for the killer will take more than twenty years. It will see the lead detective leave the force forever. And it won't end until a second body turns up in similar circumstances, and the tight-knit community's secrets are finally brought to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned criminologist Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of western Sweden, a region of farmers and truck drivers torn apart by economic injustice and self-deceit--a world where the portal between the living and the dead is flung wide open and where no one is entirely innocent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristoffer Carlsson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1986 in Marbäck, Sweden. He holds a PhD in criminology from Stockholm University and is one of Sweden's leading crime experts. He is the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, which he has won twice. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003enamed his debut, \u003ci\u003eBlaze Me a Sun, \u003c\/i\u003eone of the best crime novels of the year. He lives in Stockholm. \u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.49 x 9.34 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987613352237,"sku":"9780593733059","price":28.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z_OcYtQnzX9780593733059.webp?v=1776183007","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-living-and-the-dead-a-novel-about-a-crime-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}