{"product_id":"the-living-and-the-dead-christoffer-carlsson-9780593733059","title":"The Living and the Dead: A Novel about a Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003eTwo decades after a string of unsolved murders 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carlsson is far and away my favorite Scandinavian crime writer at the moment, and \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is among his very best.\"--Fredrik Backman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall towns sometimes have a voice of their own.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1999 the Halland police discover a car crashed into a tree with a bloody steering wheel and the body of a teenage boy in the trunk. As the investigation unfolds, Officer Siri Bengtsson, a newcomer in town, keeps returning to two local boys, best friends whose stories she knows don't add up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years later, a similar murder takes place, and seemingly resolved questions are reopened. Siri, who abruptly quit the force years before in frustration and despair, becomes the town's only hope to solve the killings and unpack a community's long-held secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, Christoffer Carlsson takes us to the fields and forests of Halland in Western Sweden, a region of farmers, mechanics, and truck drivers torn apart by economic injustice and self-deceit. Carlsson masterfully transports the reader to a world where the portal between the living and the dead is flung wide open, where no one is entirely innocent and decades-old crimes will not be forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christoffer Carlsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593733053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593733059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Christoffer Carlsson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767432532223,"sku":"9780593733059","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c7da8b1-d344-4ad4-bf07-03efb8e626d8.jpg?v=1744169797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-living-and-the-dead-christoffer-carlsson-9780593733059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}