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Winner of The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 

Winner of The Danish Academy of Crime Writers’ Palle Rosenkrantz Prize 

Named Best Crime Novel of the Year by both the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers and the Finnish Academy of Crime Writers 

After suffering a stroke, retired detective Lars Martin Johansson finds himself in the hospital. To save himself from idleness and despair, the legendary investigator turns to an unsolved murder case from years before. The victim: an innocent nine-year-old girl. 

With the help of various associates and assistants, Johansson launches an informal investigation from his hospital bed. Racing against time, he uncovers a web of connections that links sex tourism to a dead opera singer and a self-made millionaire. But as Johansson draws closer to solving the crime, he finds that he will have to confront not just a mystery but his own mortality.

The Dying Detective A Mystery

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Winner of The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel  Winner of The Danish Academy of Crime Writers’ Palle... Read more

    Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 4/17/2018 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780307950369, 978-0307950369
    ISBN10: 0307950360

    Number of Pages: 432

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

    Description

    Winner of The Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 

    Winner of The Danish Academy of Crime Writers’ Palle Rosenkrantz Prize 

    Named Best Crime Novel of the Year by both the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers and the Finnish Academy of Crime Writers 

    After suffering a stroke, retired detective Lars Martin Johansson finds himself in the hospital. To save himself from idleness and despair, the legendary investigator turns to an unsolved murder case from years before. The victim: an innocent nine-year-old girl. 

    With the help of various associates and assistants, Johansson launches an informal investigation from his hospital bed. Racing against time, he uncovers a web of connections that links sex tourism to a dead opera singer and a self-made millionaire. But as Johansson draws closer to solving the crime, he finds that he will have to confront not just a mystery but his own mortality.

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