Cry Wolf
A Novel
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4.2 • 17 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
A DEAD WOLF
A DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG
A LETHAL FEMALE ASSASSIN
The first book in a new series by Hans Rosenfeldt, creator of the TV series The Bridge as well as Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning Marcella.
Hannah Wester, a policewoman in the remote northern town of Haparanda, Sweden, finds herself on the precipice of chaos.
When human remains are found in the stomach of a dead wolf, Hannah knows that this summer won’t be like any other. The remains are linked to a bloody drug deal across the border in Finland. But how did the victim end up in the woods outside of Haparanda? And where have the drugs and money gone?
Hannah and her colleagues leave no stone unturned. But time is scarce and they aren’t the only ones looking. When the secretive and deadly Katja arrives, unexpected and brutal events start to pile up. In just a few days, life in Haparanda is turned upside down. Not least for Hannah, who is finally forced to confront her own past.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rosenfeldt, creator of the TV series The Bridge, debuts with a fast-moving procedural set in Sweden's remote north. The city of Haparanda has seen international trafficking, both legal and illicit, throughout its long history. When dead wolves are found with human remains in their bellies outside the city, policewoman Hannah Wester and her chief and lover, Gordon Niska, investigate. Hannah and Gordon soon have to look into a spiraling series of vicious drug-related crimes that may be related to atrocities committed by Katja, a sadistic hit woman sent by a Russian gang lord to retrieve 30 million kronor worth of drugs. Tormented by menopausal hot flashes, her own dark past, and a failing marriage, Hannah struggles through her anger at being female, as well as at Sweden's swelling gang problem and its failing socialist policies. Rosenfeldt's abrupt cinematic cuts and vivid bursts of violence keep the pages turning, despite the somewhat predictable plot. Haparanda, strikingly described in human terms ("she grew so fast she creaked"), is a character unto itself. This standalone is ready-made for TV.
Customer Reviews
Need a better editor
I am a huge Nordic Noir fan, but this book is almost all cliche and brings virtually nothing new to the party. Which would be forgivable if it weren’t so terrifically boring for the first half or more. The book finally gets some narrative momentum a couple hundred pages in. But it really a much more aggressive editing.