Slugger
The Stockholm Trilogy: Volume Three
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Publisher Description
The third hard-hitting Harry Kvist thriller - fresh out of prison, Harry's friend is dead, and the trail of guilt leads all the way to Hitler's Germany.
Stockholm, 1936. Harry Kvist, a bisexual ex-boxer now plying his trade as a debt collector, is bitter, angry and more alone than he has ever been. When his friend, Father Gabrielsson, is found brutally murdered by the altar Katarina Church, it doesn't look as if the police are interested in finding the culprit. So Kvist decides to do it himself.
As he investigates he uncovers a trail leading all the way to Nazi Germany where fascists are plotting a takeover in Sweden. But does Kvist have the strength to go to the final round with them on his own?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in the summer of 1936, the solid if grim conclusion to Holm n's Stockholm Trilogy (after Down for the Count) finds ex-boxer and struggling private detective Harry Kvist making a meager living beating people up as a heat wave smothers the city. Downtrodden yet defiant, Kvist hopes the young boxer he's training can make it in the ring. He dreams of traveling to America to meet a daughter he hasn't seen in years, the product of a rare heterosexual encounter. But first he wants to avenge his onetime lover, the priest Gabrielsson, found crucified with railroad spikes which means dealing with rival gangs and corrupt cops, and dodging occasional hails of bullets. There's a lot of talking and walking around the mean streets, where starving dogs hopelessly meander, but the narrative occasionally explodes with action: a riot between Communists and Nazis, a gory takedown for hire, another trouncing intended for the gangster Rickardsson that turns suddenly into a session of rough sex. Holm n has taken out a trademark on truly downbeat noir.
