Shortlisted for Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2017.

An extremely impressive achievement Svenska Dagbladet A well-constructed, taut narrative that feels fresh, and as tense as a thriller. He has created a story that reaches out through time and space, but in which every component works towards the tragic, vaguely foreshadowed yet still unexpected climax Hufvudstadsbladet Extremely focused and tense: Westo has turned his talent for balanced, attractive storytelling to a sharper, snappier form of crime-writing Norrbottens Kurir The Nordic region's most important interpreter of the grand themes of our political history, and how they have affected people's lives and thoughts. Sveriges Radio

Born in 1961, Kjell Westo lives in Helsinki. He made his literary debut in 1986, and since then has published poetry, collections of short stories, and novels. His five great novels set in Helsinki in the twentieth century have established him as a leading name among today's Swedish-language writers in Finland. His international breakthrough came in 2006 with the novel Dar vi en gang gatt (Where Once We Walked), which was translated into most major European languages and for which he was awarded the Finlandia Prize, Finland's most prestigious literary prize. His novel Hagring 38 (The Wednesday Club) was awarded the Nordic Council award 2014.