He has extorted. He has abused. He has raped. He has sacrificed souls as a means to reach the very top. In every way, he is a despicable man. His name is Kim Sleizner and he works as a police chief in Copenhagen.
Dunja Hougaard has gone underground to covertly investigate her former boss, Sleizner. For months, Dunja and her team have been gathering information. When a high-ranking man within the Danish intelligence service and an unknown woman are found dead at the bottom of a lake outside Copenhagen, the trap is finally ready to close. The only question is: whom will it catch? And meanwhile, on the other side of the strait in Helsingborg, the Swedish police Fabian Risk detective receives a message that changes everything.
Stefan Ahnhem is back with the fifth and final instalment in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series
X Ways to Die continues the tense, multi-stranded story which begun with Motive X. It is at once an explosive, high-voltage thriller and a fearless exploration of the darkest side of human nature. To enter Stefan Ahnhem's world, with its interwoven plotlines and sprawling cast of characters, is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller.
Praise for the author: "Atmospheric and complicated ... With great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps" SUNDAY TIMES
"'More gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larsson and more bleakly human than Henning Mankell" TONY PARSONS
"Epic in scale and ambition" DAILY MAIL
"An intense journey, with an intricate plot ... Ahnhem has mastered atmosphere, pacing and intrigue" CRIME REVIEW
"Masterly plotting, grisly murders and chilling suspense: Stefan Ahnhem keeps the threads of this complex, two-country narrative pulled tense" BETTER READING
A wave of apparently random homicides is sweeping through their idyllic seaside town of Helsingborg. The murders have no pattern, no order, no reason. The perpetrator is immune to psychological profiling; forensically untraceable; utterly invulnerable to modern police techniques. The body count is growing. But lead investigator Fabian Risk is distracted by his mission to expose a corrupt colleague, and his boss Astrid is spiralling back into addiction. As the hunt for the solution becoming ever more desperate, their tight-knit team begins to unravel...
Motive X is both an explosive, multi-layered thriller and a fearless exploration of the darkest side of human nature.
PRAISE FOR STEFAN AHNHEM:
'Atmospheric and complicated ... with great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps. ' SUNDAY TIMES
VEINTE EXCOMPAÑEROS DE CLASE…
DOS VÍCTIMAS… UN ASESINO…
¿QUIÉN SERÁ EL SIGUIENTE?
UN ASESINO CON UN MENSAJE
Dos cuerpos son encontrados brutalmente asesinados. Sus cuerpos están marcados con algunos de los pecados que el asesino parecía conocer. Tan solo una pista es encontrada en ambas escenas del crimen: una foto de clase del año 1982, con dos caras marcadas.
UN DETECTIVE QUE NO PUEDE ESCAPAR
Hay 18 hombres y mujeres de esa foto que aún están vivos, y uno de ellos es el detective al frente del caso. Fabian Risk creía que sus días es estudiante habían quedado atrás. Ahora sus excompañeros están siendo asesinados por sus pecados de su pasado. ¿Quién es el feroz asesino que ha vuelto para proclamar su venganza?
¿PODRÍAS ENSCONDERTE PARA SIEMPRE DE LA JUSTICIA?
'Más escalofriante que Jo Nesbø. Más oscuro que Stieg Larsson y más sombrío que Henning Mankell'. Tony Parsons
'Recuerda al mejor Henning Mankell'. Sunday Times
'Un ritmo trepidante, inspirado en su trayectoria como guionista de televisión. No le falta tampoco ningún ingrediente de la novela negra.' El Mundo
'Un contrincante de verdad para Stieg Larsson'. NDR Radio, Alemania
'El nuevo rey del thriller escandinavo'. Crimetime, Suecia
'Escritor del crimen sueco del año'. Irish Times
'Épico en escala y ambición, anuncia una nueva llegada a la galaxia del crimen'. Daily Mail
'Excelente planteamiento para una novela de este género.' 'Una trama fascinante, absorbente.' Carmen en su tinta
'Una adictiva cuenta atrás para encontrar a un criminal tan atroz como inteligente.' 'Mañana te toca a ti hace pasar un mal rato muy bueno.' Antonio Iturbe, Librújula
'Una novela de notable que gustará a los amantes del thriller nórdico.' Blog novela negra y policíaca
'Una auténtica locura contrarreloj para evitar que toda una clase muera a manos de un psicópata.' 'Un thriller nórdico a lo grande.' El templo de la lectura
'Me ha dejado con la boca abierta.' Volando entre libros abiertos
'Descubrir el asesino resulta imposible hasta que el autor quiere.' Mi Rinconín de Lectura
'Una cuenta atrás trepidante para resolver un caso que hunde sus raíces en el pasado del asesino.' Entre mis libros y yo
'Una lectura recomendada a los amantes del thriller nórdico y la sangre y a todos los que quieran conocer las verdaderas relaciones entre la policía danesa y sueca.' Raquel Espejo, La Opinión de Málaga
'A Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick. From the million-copy author of the Scandinavian sensation Victim Without a Face.
On the coldest day of the year, Sweden's Minister for Justice steps into a blizzard - and disappears. Who has taken him? That same night, across the Baltic Sea, a Danish celebrity is at her home, locked in and cut off from the snow. Then she hears footsteps in her living room. Who is in her house? The police are soon hunting two different murderers. One is a surgeon who carefully dissects his victims. The other is a brutal predator who targets random women. Police in Stockholm and Copenhagen are closing in on their suspects. But as winter darkens and more people die, their investigations begin to unravel.
"Atmospheric and complicated [...] with great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps." SUNDAY TIMES (STAR PICK)'
FROM THE MILLION-COPY SCANDINAVIAN BESTSELLER... ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY, a car speeds through the streets of Helsingborg. When it reaches the harbour, the driver keeps going, straight into the cold, dark sea. A BODY IN THE WATER. But it is not a suicide. The autopsy reveals that this man has been dead for some time. He was murdered two months ago, and his body has been in the deep freeze. As more bodies are discovered, Fabian Risk must hunt a killer with a mission: to preserve his victims, and create the perfect death... From the bestselling author of VICTIM WITHOUT A FACE.
'More gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larsson' TONY PARSONS.
'Atmospheric and complicated ... with great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps' SUNDAY TIMES (STAR PICK).
'Swedish crime writer of the year' BOOKS TO LOOK FOR IN 2017, IRISH TIMES.
'A gripping page-turner of the highest order' C.J. BOX.
'Epic in scale and ambition, this announces a new arrival in the Swedish crime galaxy' DAILY MAIL.
