“Dark, gripping and wonderfully stark” – Lee Jing-Jing, author of If I Could Tell You. For fans of Scandinavian crime such as Jo Nesbø or Stieg Larsson, with a supernatural twist. This is the first book in the Detective Lena Franke series. Some cases can take you over the edge. Detective Lena Franke at the Stockholm Police Department has a talent for solving crimes, but her methods are unpopular, most of her colleagues dislike her, and her troubled past overshadows every waking hour.When a woman is brutally killed in the western suburbs, Lena’s life becomes even more complicated. The investigation seems straightforward, but soon turns more thorny and dangerous than anyone could expect.Lena chases the merciless murderer down Stockholm’s icy streets, but she’s running out of time – and there’s more at stake than stopping the killer. Because Lena is haunted by old, deadly enemies, who hunger for her sanity as well as her life… If you love psychological thrillers or Scandinavian crime novels, don’t miss this fast-paced read! *** Book 2 in Detective Lena Franke Series, Summer Nights , is available now ****** Book 3 in Detective Lena Franke Series, Into the Woods , will be out in autumn 2017 ***_____________________________________________________________Erik Boman is a Swedish writer who lives in Oxford. In 2011 he was awarded the A.M. Heath Literary Prize. He is the author of the Detective Lena Franke series, as well as the dystopian thriller Southbound and the short story collection Short Cuts .