WINNER SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARThe adrenaline-charged & suspenseful thriller set in a ruthless world where all means are permitted in the fight for power When a savaged body is found in the waters outside the governing party's conference centre the case lands on detective Julia Gabrielsson's desk Who is the deceased & why has somebody gone to such trouble to make sure the body is unidentifiable? Officer David Sarac is a man haunted by demons After a violent showdown that almost cost him his life the policeman is being treated at a closed ward far from the capital Soon he will permanently silence the accusing voices in his head But a mysterious offer has David changing his mind