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Book SynopsisThe definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."
Trade Review"Fascinating…tightly paced and reads like a thriller novel; King’s writing is electrifying but never lurid…
Six Days in August is a true-crime book that has real appeal to all readers—it’s a thrilling look back at a robbery that remains one of the most bizarre crimes of the 20th century." -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"From its opening scene, in which a gun-toting man in a wig, makeup, and sunglasses bursts into a bank in central Stockholm and shouts 'The party starts!,'
Six Days in August reads like a movie…[King] is adept at teasing out the humanity of the criminals as well as their victims, helping the reader to understand the unlikely and psychologically complex bonds that develop between victim and oppressor." -- Dan Bilefsky, staff writer for The New York Times and author of The Last Job: The “Bad Grandpas” and the Hatton Garden Heist
"A mesmerizing account, not only of the first bank heist to become a global media sensation as it was happening, but of how our understanding of ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ is all wrong.
Six Days in August is impeccably researched, with characters out of central casting and riveting dialogue. Black humor, Scandinavian noir, and it’s all true." -- Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
"Suspenseful…A true-crime page-turner about one of the more notorious bank heists of the past half century." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Entertaining…True crime fans will love this engrossing and exhaustive account." -- Publishers Weekly
"Offers a blow-by-blow account of this thrilling, terrible, strange event…Engrossing, well-researched, and tailor-made for true crime enthusiasts." -- Library Journal
