The wolf and the watchman
Natt och Dag, Niklas2019
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The 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.
The wolf and the watchman / Niklas Natt och Dag.
Natt och Dag, Niklas, author
London : John Murray, 2019.©2019
407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Originally published in Swedish under the title: 1793 by Bokförlaget Forum, Stockholm, 2017.Translated from the Swedish.
9781473692138 (paperback)
839.738
English
Private investigators -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- FictionMurder -- Investigation -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- FictionCorruption -- FictionStockholm (Sweden) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- FictionStockholm (Sweden) -- History -- 18th century -- FictionDetective and mystery fictionHistorical fictionThrillers (Fiction)
346980
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | NATT | Available |
Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | NATT | Available |