The Living and the Dead
A Novel About a Crime
Christoffer Carlsson
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December 2, 2025 | ISBN 9780593733059
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December 2, 2025 | ISBN 9780593733073
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One Town. Two Crimes. Twenty years of silence.
“Far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer.”—Fredrik Backman
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller of the Fall
Two decades after an unsolved murder in a working-class town, another body turns up, ripping apart friendships and community—a captivating mystery and graceful investigation of brotherhood and family by a renowned criminologist
Winner of the three biggest prizes in Scandinavian crime writing: Best Swedish Crime Novel • The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel • Danish Rozenkrantz Prize for Best Translated Crime Novel
Small towns sometimes have a voice of their own.
On a snowy night, the Halland police come upon a devastating car crash with the driver missing and a corpse in the trunk. As Officer Siri Bengtsson begins her investigation, she keeps returning to two teenage boys—best friends whose stories don't add up.
Twenty years later, a similar crime takes place, and Siri, who abruptly quit the force years before in frustration and despair, becomes the town's only hope to solve the murders and unpack a community's long-held secrets.
In The Living and the Dead, Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of Western Sweden, a region of farmers, mechanics, 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, where no one is entirely innocent and old crimes will not be forgotten.
One Town. Two Crimes. Twenty years of silence.
“Far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer.”—Fredrik Backman
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller of the Fall
Two decades after an unsolved murder in a working-class town, another body turns up, ripping apart friendships and community—a captivating mystery and graceful investigation of brotherhood and family by a renowned criminologist
Winner of the three biggest prizes in Scandinavian crime writing: Best Swedish Crime Novel • The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel • Danish Rozenkrantz Prize for Best Translated Crime Novel
Small towns sometimes have a voice of their own.
On a snowy night, the Halland police come upon a devastating car crash with the driver missing and a corpse in the trunk. As Officer Siri Bengtsson begins her investigation, she keeps returning to two teenage boys—best friends whose stories don't add up.
Twenty years later, a similar crime takes place, and Siri, who abruptly quit the force years before in frustration and despair, becomes the town's only hope to solve the murders and unpack a community's long-held secrets.
In The Living and the Dead, Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of Western Sweden, a region of farmers, mechanics, 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, where no one is entirely innocent and old crimes will not be forgotten.
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