Victim Without A Face

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Victim Without A Face
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stefan Ahnhem
SeriesA Fabian Risk Thriller
Series part Volume No. 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:560
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreThriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9781784975500
ClassificationsDewey:839.738
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Head of Zeus
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publication Date 11 August 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A sensational debut thriller from a master storyteller. A KILLER WITH A MESSAGE. Two men have been murdered. Both of them were school bullies when they were younger. Plenty of people would have wanted them dead. A single clue has been found at the scene: a class photo from 1982, with two faces neatly crossed out. A DETECTIVE WHO CAN'T LET GO. Fabian Risk is the lead detective on the case. He's also one of the children in the photograph. As more people die, and more faces are crossed out, it becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting old classmates one by one. Fabian Risk thought he'd left his schooldays behind... Now he must confront his past if he is to find the killer before it's too late. VICTIM WITHOUT A FACE is both a high voltage thriller and a fearless exploration of the darkest side of human nature. To enter Stefan Ahnhem's world, with its interwoven plotlines and sprawling cast of characters, is to put yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. REVIEWS FOR STEFAN AHNHEM: 'Atmospheric and complicated [...] with great cop characters and some imaginatively grisly perps' Sunday Times (star pick). 'More gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larsson and more bleakly human than Henning Mankell' Tony Parsons. 'Epic in scale and ambition' Daily Mail. 'An intense journey, with an intricate plot... Ahnhem has mastered atmosphere, pacing and intrigue' Crime Review. 'Masterly plotting, grisly murders and chilling suspense: Stefan Ahnhem keeps the threads of this complex, two-country narrative pulled tense' Better Reading.

Author Biography

Stefan Ahnhem is the internationally bestselling author of the Fabian Risk thrillers. He has worked as a screenwriter on Mankell's Kurt Wallander series and serves on the board of the Swedish Writers Guild. He lives in Copenhagen. Follow him @StefanAhnhem.

Reviews

It's a better class of murder in Sweden... Epic in scale and ambition, this announces a new arrival in the Swedish crime galaxy' * Daily Mail * Recalls Mankell at his best in its whip-smart observations, flawed but endearing characters and gruesome appeal * Sunday Times Crime Club * Full of surprise, suspense, and the shadows of the past. I read it in one sitting -- Ake Edwardson The next Swedish thriller king * Crimetime Award Jury * Grabs you from the very first page and refuses to let you go -- Michael Hjort and Hans Rosenfeldt A superb and compelling read * Army Rumour Service Blog * Fast paced, gripping, gruesome and thrilling - I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be looking out for the next Fabian Risk book * The Book Magnet (5 star review) * Gripping, surprising and tense * Crime Review * A gripping, tense and sinister thriller, with the dark and chilling atmosphere characteristic of the Nordic Noir genre. It is a disturbing, thought-provoking and genuinely scary story that left me double checking the door lock before I went to bed!... A superb example of a Nordic Noir/Scandi crime thriller' * Curious Ginger Cat. * An exciting thriller... Each chapter is left on a cliff-hanger and with interesting characters that make us care, we need to know what happens to them' * Gazette and Herald (Yorkshire). *