Michael Cardell

Best Debut, The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award 2017'Thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful' Fredrik BackmanThe year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound.A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer.THE WOLF AND THE WATCHMAN depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.

Rok 1794, Stockholm. Matka oplakává dceru zavražděnou o svatební noci. Jejím podezřením však nikdo nenaslouchá, a tak poprosí o pomoc jediného, který zbyl: jednorukého drába truchlícího nad smrtí přítele. V nemocnici na periferii zatím mladého aristokrata mučí myšlenky na strašlivý čin, ze kterého je obviněn. V 1794, druhém díle historické noir trilogie Niklase Natt och Daga, se čtenář opět setkává s Mickelem Cardellem, Annou Stinou Knappovou a chaotickým, prohnilým světem konce osmnáctého století. Stockholm čekají jeho nejtemnější dny – pozlátko starých časů se rozpadá a dává průchod temnotě skrývající se v městských zákoutích.

It is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of Stockholm. Tycho Ceton prowls the city, willing to do anything to survive and reclaim the honour he has lost. No one knows what he is planning next but Emil Winge, haunted by the ghosts of his past, is determined to stop him. Meanwhile, Jean Mickel Cardell is preoccupied with his own search for Anna Stina Knapp. She may have in her possession a letter which could have devastating consequences in the wrong hands. All the while, hell looms inexorably.