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2000s: The Swedish Crime Novel of the year 2015
The Silenced
What you need to know before your trail
The adrenaline-charged and suspenseful thriller set in a ruthless world where all means are permitted in the fight for power.
When a savaged body is found in the waters outside the governing party’s conference centre, the case lands on detective Julia Gabrielsson’s desk. Who is the deceased and why has somebody gone to such trouble to make sure the body is unidentifiable?
Officer David Sarac is a man haunted by demons. After a violent showdown that almost cost him his life, the policeman is being treated at a closed ward far from the capital. Soon he will permanently silence the accusing voices in his head. But a mysterious offer has David changing his mind.
Travel Guide
Lake Mälaren
Where the body is found. Mälaren is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden. It’s big and deep – 1,140 km² and up to 64 m in places so plenty of room for fictional dead bodies. In real life, a nice place to visit and go sailing. In winter, there’s even long-distance skating tour across the lake if you’re brave enough!
Skarpö
The Stockholm police force in the novel is reeling after a shootout between cops & several rival gangs here. A nice island in reality, approx 24 miles east of Stockholm in Vaxholm and plenty of places to sit and relax
Stockholm
The legal insight into Stockholm is nicely done with the offices of the Minster of Justice and the rather nice views of Rosenbadparken are worth a visit. Listen to the waves lapping up at the banks of the harbour. The forensics unit in the novel is slightly north of the city in the area of Solna where the security services are also located.
Streetview Maps
A) Sweden - Skarpö - the bridge to the island
D) Sweden- Stockholm - Rosenbads park
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
Well this made an impression on me! can I just say from the outset though, that if you’re squeamish then this might not be the one for you. There’s torture, graphic descriptions of bodies being removed from water and much more besides. But it’s a good thriller and it did win the best Swedish crime novel in 2015 so maybe just don’t eat before during or after.
There’s a lot to this one. A complex, taut thriller of corrupt police, dodgy politicians and gang wars. A unique view of Stockholm’s underworld and police activity which takes us east to the lovely island of Skarpö -where one policeman had ended up traumatised to the point of ending up in a secure psychiatric unit
This is the backstory to the novel so you can imagine the thrills and spills which follow. Police have now found a body, well hidden in beautiful lake Malaren. an office whose father is high up in the political world is assigned to help with the investigation. And that’s where the trouble starts.
Gruesome but oh so captivating and those legal and police threads just keep getting tangled together in very imaginative ways.
Swedish Noir at its best.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Silenced
Destination : Stockholm, Skarpo Author/Guide: Anders de la Motte Departure Time:2000s
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