Dark music / David Lagercrantz ; translated from the Swedish by Ian Giles.
"Summer 2003: A soccer referee -- an immigrant from war-torn Afghanistan -- is found dead after a youth match in a Stockholm suburb. The father of one of the players, who had threatened the ref, is quickly arrested, but he protests his innocence. The police decide to consult Professor Hans Rekke, a world-renowned authority on interrogation and prisoner confessions. Things do not proceed as planned as Rekke challenges the team's assumptions and demolishes their case. The suspect is released, and the police find themselves out of leads. Only Micaela Vargas, a young officer from an immigrant family and with brothers who make a living on the other side of the law, refuses to let the matter rest, unable to forget the ref's strange behaviour in his last game. She tries to consult Rekk again, but the professor seems to have dropped off the radar. A year later, a chance encounter establishes an instant bond between these two very different characters. Rekke's world has changed, but Vargas enlists him to help solve the dormant case, and they soon find themselves uncovering connections between Sweden and the American "war on terror" in Afghanistan. But was the murdered referee a victim or a perpetrator? And why is the CIA -- and Rekke's own powerful brother -- determined to thwart the pair at every turn?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593319215
- ISBN: 0593319214
- Physical Description: 365 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. "Originally published in Sweden as Obscuritas by Norstedts Forlad, Stockholm, in 2021."--Title page verso. |
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Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Referees > Fiction. Police questioning > Fiction. Policewomen > Sweden > Fiction. Terrorism > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Jefferson County Library-Windsor | F MYSTERY LAGERCRA David (Text) | 30065100080057 | Mystery | Available | - |
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Dark Music : A Novel
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER * Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, an exhilarating new thriller from the best-selling author of The Girl in the Spider's Web --a murder investigation in which two unlikely allies race to uncover a shadowy international conspiracy. Professor Hans Rekke is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of dizzying feats of logic and observation. He was born into wealth and power and has a picture-perfect wife and daughter. But he also has a fragile psyche that falls apart under pressure. Micaela Vargas is a street-smart police officer, the daughter of Chilean political refugees, who grew up in the projects on the outskirts of Stockholm and has two brothers on the wrong side of the law. She is tenacious and uncompromising, and desperate to prove herself to her fellow cops. Micaela needs Hans's unique mind to help her solve the case of a murdered asylum-seeker from Afghanistan. Hans needs Micaela to save him from himself. Together, they need to find the killer before they're both silenced for good.