Block 46 (Roy & Castells #1)

By: Johana Gustawsson

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Synopsis: Evil remembers…Falkenberg, Sweden. The mutilated body of talented young jewellery designer, Linnea Blix, is found in a snow-swept marina.Hampstead Heath, London. The body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds to Linnea's.Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944. In the midst of the hell of the Holocaust, Erich Hebner will do anything to see himself as a human again.Are the two murders the work of a serial killer, and how are they connected to shocking events at Buchenwald?Emily Roy, a profiler on loan to Scotland Yard from the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, joins up with Linnea's friend, French true-crime writer Alexis Castells, to investigate the puzzling case. They travel between Sweden and London, and then deep into the past, as a startling and terrifying connection comes to light.Plumbing the darkness and the horrific evidence of the nature of evil, Block 46 is a multi-layered, sweeping and evocative thriller that heralds a stunning new voice in French Noir.‘A bold and intelligent read’ Laura Wilson, Guardian‘Compelling’ Women’s Own‘Dark, oppressive and bloody but it’s also thought-provoking, compelling and very moving’ Metro‘A bold and audacious debut from a very talented writer. Heralds the beginning of a thrilling new series’ R J Ellory‘A real page-turner, I loved it’ Martina Cole’A great serial-killer thriller with a nice twist … first rate’ James Oswald‘Cleverly plotted, simply excellent’ Ragnar Jónasson