The Sons
The completely thrilling follow-up to crime bestseller The Father
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Publisher Description
'Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you'll read this year'
Stephen Booth on The Father
In the second part of the highly acclaimed and internationally bestselling series Made in Sweden, one brother fictionalises the real crimes of his own family for a remarkable and epic novel.
After six years in prison, Sweden's most notorious criminal Leo Dûvnjac is free, acquitted of all but two of the ten bank robberies he and his two younger brothers pulled off.
While behind bars, he befriended Sam Larsen, who was convicted of murdering his own father - and also happens to be the brother of the cop who caught Leo, Detective John Broncks.
With Sam at his side, Leo seeks out his now-law-abiding brothers for one last job and a chance at redemption - or revenge. But Bronks is on to him, and Leo's father has other plans for his sons . . .
Now two sets of brothers will play out the tragic and thrilling destinies of childhoods built on heartbreaking betrayal.
Praise for The Father and The Sons
'A powerful real-life story'
Guardian
'The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling . . . the sweep and scope are epic'
Herald
'Superior. . . builds to a breathless climax'
Sun
'A deep, clean cut into the body of fathers, sons, loyalty and family'
Sainsburys Magazine
'Will delight fans of Nordic Noir'
Crime Fiction Lover
'Mind boggling and captivating'
The Crime Warp
'An unbelievably exciting and authentic story. . . One of the year's best crime stories'
Östran, Sweden
'One of the summer's best thrillers'
Café, Sweden
'A thrilling novel that becomes something much more than a book you can't put down'
Tara, Sweden
'A gripping coming-of-age story, flush with exciting scenes and the psychological battle between father and son'
Falu-Kuriren, Sweden
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Actual bank robberies, the planned bombing of Stockholm's Central Station, and the largest weapons theft in northern Europe's history inspired the events in this superb finale of the Dostoyevskian saga that began with 2016's The Father from Svensson (the pseudonym of Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg). The abusive Ivan Duvnjac, an emigr from the former Yugoslavia, drives his three sons, Leo, Vincent, and Felix, into crime. Leo, the oldest, masterminds a daring robbery, but he goes to prison after he's apprehended by Stockholm police detective John Broncks. There Leo plots to steal the millions recovered in the arrest, now housed in the Stockholm police station. After Leo's release from prison, Broncks, aided by ultralogical detective Elisa Cuesta, follows his gut instinct and tracks Leo, only to discover that Leo's accomplice Sam Larsen is his own convict brother, to whom Broncks owes a staggering debt. Seldom in fiction have a father's sins been so brutally visited on sons as in this shattering tribute to the terrifying complexity of familial life and love.
