1793: The Wolf and the Watchman : The latest Scandi sensation

'A remarkable debut novel' Sunday Times'The best historical thriller I've read in twenty years' A.J.Finn'A thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful story.Reading it is like giving a little gift to oneself' Fredrik BackmanThe year is 1793, Stockholm.King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer.On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption.Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer. The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.