Stockholm. The dead of winter. The temperature is already well below freezing. A young American dies, falling from a tall building. It appears to be a casual, self-inflicted death. It should be an open-and-shut case. But when Superintendent Lars Martin Johansson begins to delve beneath the layers of corruption, incompetence and violence that threaten to strangle the Stockholm police department, he uncovers a complex web of treachery, politics and espionage. Johansson quickly realizes that there is nothing routine about this suicide as it soon takes him from domestic drama to the rotten heart of Sweden's government.
De Val van de Welvaartsstaat Reeks
Deze serie spannende politieprocedurless dompelt lezers onder in het hart van Stockholm. Volg een diverse ensemblecast van doorgewinterde agenten terwijl ze complexe onderzoeken aanpakken in een stad die worstelt met de uitdagingen van haar beroemde welvaartsstaat. Elke aflevering belooft ingewikkelde plots, boeiende personages en een grimmige kijk op misdaad en gerechtigheid.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
In 1975, six young individuals seized the West German embassy in Stockholm, taking hostages and demanding the release of Baader-Meinhof members imprisoned in West Germany. The situation escalated tragically when the embassy was blown up, resulting in two hostages dead and several injured, including the captors. This sets the stage for a gripping narrative that unfolds in 1989, as officers Bo Jarnebring and Anna Holt investigate the seemingly unrelated stabbing of a civil servant. Their corrupt superior, Evert Bäckström, attempts to bury the case, linking the victim to various sex-related crimes despite contradictory evidence. A decade later, the truth surrounding the murder victim emerges when Lars Martin Johansson, newly appointed head of the Swedish Security Police, discovers files from his predecessor. One file reveals the victim's connection to the 1975 embassy takeover and identifies other collaborators involved. The investigation uncovers the murderer, a savvy lawyer close to a high-ranking position in Sweden’s Ministry of Defense. With skillfully woven plotlines that delve into political power and corruption, the story is rich with wit, insight, and intensity.
Falling Freely, As If In A Dream
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It's August 2007, and Lars Martin Johansson, chief of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Sweden has opened the files on the unsolved murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme. With his retirement quickly closing in, Johansson forms a new group comprised of a few trustworthy detectives.