{"product_id":"the-wolf-and-the-watchman-1793-a-novel-paperback","title":"The Wolf and the Watchman: 1793: A Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNiklas Natt Och Dag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e set in eighteenth-century Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthralling--and the best historical thriller I've read in twenty years.\" --A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful.\" --Fredrik Backman, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChilling and thought-provoking. Relentless, well-written, and nearly impossible to put down.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm's Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell's help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge's health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer's son who is lead down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city's labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead--all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Breathtakingly bold and intricately constructed, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiklas Natt och Dag (\"Night and Day\") is a member of the oldest surviving noble family in Sweden. \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was named the Best Debut of 2017 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers and is being published in thirty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and their two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431085359282,"sku":"9781501196782","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ff28da87ffde4d90b8fec4f23321d81c.webp?v=1778583762","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-wolf-and-the-watchman-1793-a-novel-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}