Life Deluxe
A Novel
-
-
5.0 • 1 Rating
-
-
- $9.99
Publisher Description
The final chapter in the electrifying Stockholm Noir Trilogy, which has been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide: here is the no-holds-barred, rapid-fire tale of a supreme struggle for the legacy of the Swedish underworld, as the power, honor, and respect commanded by Stockholm’s largest criminal organization are passed from father to daughter.
"A good old-fashioned gangster story about the godfathers of Sweden's criminal underworld."—The New York Times
Jorge was making a living as a drug dealer until he was caught and thrown into prison. Recently released and warned to keep out of trouble, he’s already bored with his new existence: selling lattes and cappuccinos at a café. Who wouldn’t be? But Jorge has a plan, and big money looms on the horizon if he can pull off one final audacious heist and flee the country before the police close in.
Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector Martin Hägerström—entrusted with a secret mission, code name Operation Tide—has gone deep undercover as a disgraced cop turned corrections officer. He’s slowly earning the trust of Stockholm’s imprisoned expert money launderer, Johan Westlund. A career criminal with a taste for the jet-setting lifestyle, JW is a dangerous man to befriend, one who may demand more loyalty than Hägerström had planned on offering.
Natalie is the twenty-two-year-old daughter of Radovan Kranjic, the Serbian crime boss who rules Sweden’s underworld. When an assassin threatens Radovan’s life, Natalie is hurled into a chaotic struggle for control of her father’s empire—and the competition is fierce. Who will rise to power in the voracious hunt for money, prestige, and luxury to become Stockholm’s new king—or queen—of crime?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lapidus takes a fascinating look at moral ambiguity and ruthless ambition in the compelling conclusion to his Stockholm Noir trilogy, which follows the power struggle between members of Stockholm's underworld and the police. Radovan Kranjic the "godfather of godfathers" who controls the Yugo mafia has built a massive criminal enterprise that his 22-year-old daughter, Natalie, a law student, may inherit. Ex-convict Jorge Salinas Barrio, who despises his job as a restaurateur, longs to find the perfect heist with his band of mismatched crooks. Deputy Insp. Martin H gerstr m, a brilliant cop with personal demons, goes undercover to infiltrate drug dealer Johan "JW" Westlund's gang. Despite the book's expansive length and, at times, dense prose, Lapidus keeps the storylines straight, including the large cast of supporting characters, some of whom were the major focus in the series's first two installments, Never Fuck Up and Easy Money.
