Geiger
The most gripping thriller debut since I AM PILGRIM
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4.0 • 24 Ratings
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
'A fast-paced thriller . . . An impressive debut' - FINANCIAL TIMES
The incredible thriller about a codeword, an extraordinary murder - and the detective who must solve both to stop a deadly plot fifty years in the making. Geiger is the perfect read for fans of I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
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The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'.
For decades, Agneta has always known that this moment would come, but she is shaken. She knows what it means.
Retrieving her weapon from its hiding place, she attaches the silencer and creeps up behind her husband before pressing the barrel to his temple.
Then she squeezes the trigger and disappears - leaving behind her wallet and keys.
The extraordinary murder is not Sara Nowak's case. But she was once close to those affected and, defying regulations, she joins the investigation. What Sara doesn't know is that the mysterious codeword is just the first piece in the puzzle of an intricate and devastating plot fifty years in the making . . .
Praise for Geiger:
'Exciting, extremely clever, incredible. An instant classic.' - TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY
'An astonishing, assured and terrifying debut . . . Remarkable' - DAVID YOUNG, author of STASI CHILD
'Tense enough that your muscles will ache by the end' - HELEN FIELDS, author of PERFECT REMAINS
'An intriguing masterpiece that keeps you guessing right to the end' - Jo, Netgalley Reviewer
*Translated from Swedish by Ian Giles*
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Swedish screenwriter and director Skördeman's excellent debut, a contemporary Stockholm police procedural, Agneta Broman, a 69-year-old grandmother, commits a shocking act. Within moments after her visiting daughters and grandchildren leave, Agneta fatally shoots her 85-year-old husband, Stellan, who was once a beloved television presenter, and vanishes. Sara Nowak, a police detective on the prostitution unit who has anger management problems, used to play with the Bromans' two daughters as a child and becomes obsessed with finding Stellan's killer. Gradually, she uncovers a terrorist web spawned by East Germany's dreaded Stasi, whose tentacles reach into Sweden's highest political circles, and that threatens "something big" with dire consequences for the entire European Union. In powerful secondary plots, Sara wages a private war against the Swedish government's refusal to defend prostitutes from exploitation and contends with the guilt she feels for putting her job before her family. Skördeman keeps readers fully engaged right up to the last shattering revelations. This tale of Cold War revenge and familial anguish will resonate with many.
