The final nail

Stefan Ahnhem, 1966-

Book - 2022

He has extorted. He has abused. He has raped. He has sacrificed colleagues as a means to reach the top. His name is Kim Sleizner - and he works as a police chief in Copenhagen. Dunja Hougaard used to work for Sleizner. Then she left the police force, traumatised by what he put her through. Dunja is determined to get revenge on her former boss - no matter how untouchable he appears. Now she's gone underground to investigate his past, and bring his crimes to the attention of the world. When a high-ranking Danish intelligence officer and an unknown woman are found dead at the bottom of a lake outside Copenhagen, Dunja seizes her moment to set a trap for Sleizner. But then, just as it seems her case is solved, on the other side of the stra...it in Helsingborg, Sweden, detective Fabian Risk receives a message that changes everything...

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Subjects
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Published
London : Head of Zeus 2022.
Language
English
Swedish
Main Author
Stefan Ahnhem, 1966- (author)
Other Authors
Agnes Broomé (translator)
Item Description
Originally published in Swedish as Den Sista Spiken in 2021 by Forum.
Physical Description
505 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781801109949
9781801109956
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In Swedish author Ahnhem's blistering sixth and final Fabian Risk thriller (after 2019's X Ways to Die), the discovery of two bodies in a Mercedes submerged in a lake outside Copenhagen puts former police detective Dunja Hougaard on the trail of her nemesis, Kim Sleizner, the Copenhagen police chief, whom she once publicly humiliated. In retaliation, he tried to rape Hougaard, then forced her from her homicide job, and now she's secretly tracking him with sophisticated electronics. In Sweden, detective Fabian Risk learns that his son has died by suicide in a Danish prison, and he sets out on a path that likewise leads him to Sleizner, "the embodiment of pure dyed-in-the-wool evil." Meanwhile, Sleizner places "good little simpleton" detective Jan Hesk in charge of the Mercedes case, confident that Hesk will protect him and his powerful cohorts, who turn out to be engaged in a range of serious crimes, including murder and human trafficking. The complex takedown of the villain keeps the pages flying. This is a must for Scandinoir fans. Agent: Tor Jonasson, Salomonsson Agency (Sweden). (Oct.)

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