Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a central character as you will find.

Tekla is a terrific character, a brilliant protagonist, and a memorable figure in this gripping narrative.

A shootout in a Stockholm suburb leaves two victims seriously injured, hovering between life and death at the Nobel Hospital, where Tekla Berg fights to save their lives. While the police dismiss the incident as gang warfare, a suspicious detective enlists Tekla's help to uncover whether something much more complex and sinister is at play. It seems it's only a matter of time before terror spreads throughout the entire city.

Amidst this turmoil, Tekla learns that her mother's house in Dalarna county is to be sold at auction. The village of her birth hasn’t crossed her mind for years, but she decides to make one last visit. Among the items left behind in the house is an enigmatic photograph, featuring a little girl sitting on Tekla's mother’s lap at a party. Who is she? Can she help fill in the blanks in Tekla's photographic memory regarding her childhood? And what became of her?

Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding and Sarah de Senarclens.

Σελίδες: 432, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0317, Διαστάσεις: 15.6x15.6cm