The wolf and the watchman : a novel
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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
373 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Swedish in 2017 as 1793"--Title page verso.
General Note
Maps on end papers.
Description
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 brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer's son who is led down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their gruesome investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city's labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead-all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. --from Amazon.
Language
In English, translated from the Swedish.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Corruption -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Natt och Dag, N., & Segerberg, E. (2019). The wolf and the watchman: a novel (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Natt och Dag, Niklas, 1979- and Ebba, Segerberg. 2019. The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Natt och Dag, Niklas, 1979- and Ebba, Segerberg. The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel Atria Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Natt och Dag, Niklas, and Ebba Segerberg. The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2019.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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