New Book: ‘Without A Trace’
Today is the publication day of Anders Sundkvist’s new suspense novel, Without A Trace, marking the first installment of his Crime Scene North series.
A missing journalist, gone for two years without a trace. A large quantity of drugs, adrift in the archipelago. Three officers, two petty criminals, and a yellow labrador.
Detective Demian Vide has recently returned to his childhood Luleå to escape the brutality of the Stockholm streets. Settling into the quiet grind of routine police work, Demian is appointed as mentor to two of Luleå police force’s younger detectives, Julia Berg and Khaled Zaki. Julia has been handed a cold case, the disappearance of local journalist Lisa Wegelin, and it doesn’t take long for her to see that the initial investigation is… lacking, to say the least. The initial theory was that Lisa either left of her own will or took her own life, but Julia isn’t buying it. Meanwhile, Khaled is neck-deep in a very different kind of case. Packages of high-quality cocaine have surfaced in the archipelago, and someone is missing a shipment – and a large one on top of that.
Soon, Demian finds himself at a crossroads when his childhood friend Dagge’s name keeps resurfacing in the investigations. Julia searches high and low for any traces of Lisa, and the more she learns, the more certain she becomes that there was someone who wanted Lisa to stop digging, whatever the cost. Meanwhile, Khaled fights to keep those closest to him out of the line of fire when his case tightens around him. In a town where everyone seems to know everyone, loyalties run deep, and the three police officers must navigate in the murky waters of their own morality. Who is protecting who, and at what cost?
Without A Trace is the first installment of Anders Sundkvist’s new series Crime Scene North, compellingly blending humor and intricately layered criminal investigations. Here, Sundkvist has crafted likable characters and a compelling trio, drawing the reader into a dynamic that is just as riveting as the steadily unfolding suspense.
Without A Trace is published by Norstedts today‚ September 11th.
