{"product_id":"echoes-from-the-dead-9780552774635","title":"Echoes from the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An impressive debut novel'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fantastic'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you ever come to terms with a missing child? \u003c\/b\u003eJulia Davidsson has not. Her five-year-old son disappeared twenty years previously on the Swedish island of Oland. No trace of him has ever been found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil his shoe arrives in the post. It has been sent to Julia''s father, a retired sea-captain still living on the island. Soon he and Julia are piecing together fragments of the past: fragments that point inexorably to a local man called Nils Kant, known to delight in the pain of others. But Nils Kant died during the 1960s. So who is the stranger seen wandering across the fields as darkness falls?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt soon becomes clear that someone wants to stop Julia''s search for the truth.  And that he''s much, much closer than she thinks . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ehaunting\u003c\/b\u003e, with a\u003cb\u003e subtle sense of menace\u003c\/b\u003e that grows with each page -- Simon Beckett, author of The Chemistry of Death\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eimpressive\u003c\/b\u003e debut novel...Theorin's \u003cb\u003eexcellence\u003c\/b\u003e in conveying bleak atmosphere is matched by his insight into sensitive family relationships * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFantastic\u003c\/b\u003e... Theorin's prose is wonderfully descriptive * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eThere is warmth in Theorin's narrative and the gradual piecing together of the story leads to an \u003cb\u003eunexpected denouement\u003c\/b\u003e * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eSheer storytelling grip such as this is relatively rare.  A particular strength is the evocation of locale and atmosphere here; it is masterfully done * THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018290889047,"sku":"9780552774635","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552774635.jpg?v=1750776325","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/echoes-from-the-dead-9780552774635","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}