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The Wolf and the Watchman : a Novel by Natt och Dag, Niklas is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “It’s early to be pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s stunning debut, is sure to be one of them.” —The Washington Post “What's better than an ornate period piece with style to spare? One that includes a murder mystery. Oh, and boy is it a riveting mystery....A bit of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume and a bit of Sherlock Holmes, this wolf has some bite to it.” —NPR “Reads like a season of ‘True Detective’...anchored by a powerful sense of place and a memorable cast of characters....You won’t soon forget it.” —USA TODAY Named Best Debut Novel of 2017 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers One morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm’s Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell’s help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge’s health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. Winge and Cardell become immersed in a bruta
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Natt och Dag, Niklas
- Publisher
- Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501196775
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (3,061 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14