Summary
In an “absolutely mesmerizing tale” from one of Sweden’s top crime novelists, police detective Erik Winter tries to solve two mysteriously linked murders.
A young woman is discovered hanged in a room in a decrepit hotel with a mysterious note near her body. When Gothenburg’s Chief Inspector Erik Winter investigates, he realizes that it is the same hotel room that was, twenty years earlier, the last known location of a woman who disappeared and was never found. The two women seem to ha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451608533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1451608535 |
| Author: | Åke Edwardson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 30mm |
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“In Room No. 10, Åke Edwardson crafts an absolutely mesmerizing tale of two murders separated by two decades. Chief Inspector Erik Winter is a tremendous, complex and thoroughly likeable creation, and Edwardson’s no-nonsense style gets us inside his head and his heart. Captivating stuff.” – John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Hunter and Damage“Swedish award-winning crime fiction writer Edwardson is at the top of his game… . Readers of Scandinavian crime fiction should add Edwardson to their reading list… . Lovers of fiction by Iceland’s Arnuldar Indridason and Sweden’s Kjell Eriksson will revel in these works.” * Library Journal *“Police-procedural fans will savor this meticulously detailed offering by Edwardson a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ Award for best crime novel.” * Booklist *
About The Author
Åke Edwardson
Åke Edwardson has worked as a journalist, a press officer for the United Nations, and a university lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden, where his mysteries are set. He is one of Sweden’s bestselling authors, and his books featuring Detective Chief Inspector Erik Winter have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. He is a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ Award for best crime novel.
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