{"product_id":"the-living-and-the-dead-a-novel-about-a-crime-9780593733059","title":"The Living and the Dead: A Novel about a Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne town. Two crimes. Twenty years of silence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"brooding and brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003es, starred review) murder mystery set in a rural Swedish town, where one community's secrets will be laid bare over the next twenty years . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All the makings of a page-turning thriller, but with an emotional depth that is truly rare.\"--FREDRIK BACKMAN\u003cbr\u003e\"The finest crime writer we have in Sweden.\"--DAVID LAGERCRANTZ\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western.\"--ANTHONY MARRA\u003cbr\u003e\"A thriller rendered with precision and beauty.\"--ADAM WHITE\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlsson plumbs what can and cannot be known about human lives and criminal investigations.\"--\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A must for Nordic noir and psychological mystery fans.\"--\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e (STARRED REVIEW)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of the Fall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BEST NORDIC CRIME NOVEL (THE GLASS KEY AWARD) - WINNER OF THE BEST SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL AWARD - WINNER OF DENMARK'S PALLE ROSENKRANTZ PRIZE FOR BEST TRANSLATED CRIME NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall towns sometimes have a voice of their own.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a snowy winter night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together outside a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, the two seventeen-year-olds imagine they will remain so forever. But by the next morning, a corpse is found in the trunk of a car, and each boy is a suspect in the murder. Each has something they want to conceal from the police. And from the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hunt for the killer will take more than twenty years. It will see the lead detective leave the force forever. And it won't end until a second body turns up in similar circumstances, and the tight-knit community's secrets are finally brought to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned criminologist Christoffer Carlsson masterfully transports us to the fields and forests of western Sweden, a region of farmers 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 and where no one is entirely innocent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christoffer Carlsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Halland Suite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593733059","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44259160850477,"sku":"9780593733059","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_0d320f0c-0443-4543-ac1b-4f48d246aa5c.jpg?v=1760830310","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-living-and-the-dead-a-novel-about-a-crime-9780593733059","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}