The Wolf and the Watchman-The City Between the Bridges
Niklas Natt Och Dag
- 05 december 2023
- 9781982145927
Samenvatting:
A #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking sequel to the cerebral, immersive page-turner (The Washington Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darkness hidden beneath the splendor of 18th-century Stockholm.
Stockholm, 1794: A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in a hospital as the rest of the city claims that he belongs in a madhouse. Riddled with guilt, he writes down the memories of his lost lovehis beautiful wife who died on their wedding night.
The young womans mother also mourns her death and, desperate for justice, begs for help from the only person who will listen to her: Jean Mickel Cardell, the one-armed watchman. But she isnt the only person seeking him out.
Emil, younger brother to the brilliant lawyer and detective Cecil Winge, finds the watchman to demand his late brothers pocket watch back. Instead, Cardell enlists Emils help to discover what really happened at the Three Roses estate that dreaded wedding night.
The City Between the Bridges: 1794 is a suspenseful race for the truth before its too late from an author with a thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful (Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times bestselling author) voice.