The falling detective / Christoffer Carlsson ; translated by Michael Gallagher.
Language: English Original language: Swedish Series: Leo Junker. 2 | Carlsson, Christoffer, Leo Junker series ; 2.Publication details: Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016.Edition: Australian editionDescription: 377 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925321210
- Den fallande detektiven. English
- 839.738 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | CAR | Junker Bk.2 | Available | 060314 |
"Originally published in Swedish as Den Fallande Detektiven by Piratförlagets 2014 ; First published in English by Scribe 2016, by agreement with Pontas Literary & Film Agency"--Title page verso.
Leo Junker is back in the snake pit - aka the homicide unit - after a murder case where he was the intended victim. Still abusing prescription drugs and battling his inner demons, he's doing his best to appear fit for duty.Then a sociologist named Thomas Heber is found murdered. The only clues the police have to work with are Heber's cryptic research notes, which indicate that someone else's life is also under threat. But who?Leo is put on the Heber case with his former nemesis Gabriel Birck, but when the case is abruptly reassigned to the Swedish Security Service, he realises this is no ordinary street mugging. Soon he finds himself entangled in a clash between a racist gang and their rivals, and enters a war that's being waged on the streets, in the public eye, and in the shadows.
English translation from Swedish.