Guilty?
Stockholm Sleuth Series Book 4
by Christer Tholin
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Stockholm: From one day to the next, 16-year old Hanna just vanishes without a trace. Her worried parents hire detectives Lars and Elin to find their daughter. The two of them do just that and very quickly. However, Hanna’s problems are far from over – she is trapped in the clutches of a “loverboy”. Just a couple of months later, the two private detectives are asked to help once again, because now Hanna is facing a much more serious issue. This difficult assignment pushes everyone involved to their limits …
GUILTY? is the fourth, standalone book from Christer Tholin’s Stockholm Sleuth Series.
If you like fast-paced action and surprising twists and turns, then you will love Christer Tholin's sleuth series.
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Murder?
Stockholm Sleuth Series Book 3
Christina’s idyllic existence with her husband Patrik comes to an abrupt end when Patrik suddenly vanishes from their suburban home in Stockholm. Christina is precipitated into a hellishly desperate and anguished search for Patrik – which after six weeks turns up nary a trace of him.
At her wits end, she contacts local sleuths Lars and Elin, who, after a brief investigation, reach the conclusion that Patrik simply decided to abandon his cushy existence to embark on a new life –without Christina.
Lars and Elin ultimately trace Patrik’s movements to the wooded wilds of northern Sweden, but too late – he’s found dead. The police rule his death an accident, but Christina thinks otherwise – and so she asks Lars and Elin to do a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding Patrik’s demise. Was his death really accidental, or was foul play involved? And was the mysterious Natalia somehow implicated?
Unfortunately, none of the countless leads that Lars and Elin follow up gets them any closer to solving the mystery of Patrik’s death. But then they get a startling break that results in Christina having to make a tricky and extremely consequential decision that plunges our three protagonists into a life or death struggle.
MURDER? is the third, standalone book from Christer Tholin’s Stockholm Sleuth Series.
If you like fast-paced action and surprising twists and turns, then you will love Christer Tholin's sleuth series.
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Secrets?
Stockholm Sleuth Series Book 2
"Dammit! She’d made a huge mistake. She’d never make it out of here - they were going to kill her."
In the crime novella SECRETS?, fledgling private investigator Elin Bohlander takes on what looks like an easy assignment — at first: to determine if her client’s boyfriend is having an affair with another woman. To do this, Elin follows him to a secluded cabin in the woods, where she soon discovers that what’s actually transpiring is stranger than anyone thought. Having ventured too far, she’s stumbled upon a hornet’s nest and put her life at risk. But it’s too late. Can Elin win the unequal fight against a gang of brutal child molesters?
SECRETS? is the second, standalone book from Christer Tholin’s Stockholm Sleuth Series. In the previous novel VANISHED?, Elin and her colleague Lars solve their first case together.
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Vanished?
Stockholm Sleuth Series Book 1
She: a very hot 30 something Swedish woman. He: a native of Berlin, on vacation in rural Sweden, seeking solace for his broken heart. They meet. He finds her irresistible. But before their relationship can get off the ground, she vanishes mysteriously, having apparently been abducted. So Martin sets out to rescue Liv from her captors, with the aid of two Swedish detectives in a race against time – and across Sweden. In so doing, Martin and his intrepid detective duo put their very lives on the line.
VANISHED? is the first book in the Stockholm Sleuth Series and where we meet the two private investigators, Elin and Lars. If you like fast action and surprising twists, then you'll love Christer Tholin's Swedish crime novels.
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The second English edition was edited and partially retranslated by Doreen Zeitvogel and is an improved version in all aspects.
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Excerpt
“Vanished?” by Christer Tholin
They left the house and ran to the driveway. There they heard
the sound of an engine rapidly approaching.
“Damn, somebody’s coming. Quick, into the woods!”
They rushed behind the house and into the trees, where before
them was a narrow path. Martin tried to keep his voice muted: “We’ll cut
through the woods to my car. Follow me!”
He followed the wooded pathway for a short stretch, then veered
to the right through the trees. It was muddy and difficult to negotiate; that
meant they weren’t going to make headway very quickly. “We have to try not to
make any noise.”
Liv nodded.
They moved slowly around the house. The vehicle had now
arrived; it was the black pickup.
“Shit.” Martin cursed. Liv held on firmly to his shirtsleeve.
“Shouldn’t we try to escape through the woods instead?”
“Do you know your way around here?”
“No.” Liv looked around. “How far is it to my summerhouse?”
“Liv, we’re in Dalarna, really close to your husband’s
summerhouse.”
“What?” Liv opened her eyes wider and pressed her hands to
her mouth.
Martin looked at her: “To my car?”
She nodded.
They kept moving cautiously through the woods, able to hear
the driver getting out and going up to the house. It couldn’t be much longer
until he noticed that Liv’s things were missing; then he would go into the
cellar and…
Gradually they put more distance behind them and approached
the driveway. Martin looked back and believed they could now leave their cover
without risk. It went faster on the driveway; Martin’s shoulder ached with
every step, but now was the time to keep his teeth clenched. Just as he
unlocked the car, he heard a sound from the house. The man had come out the door
and roared something that Martin didn’t understand. Liv looked at him with
horror. As fast as they could, they climbed into the car. Martin started it;
unfortunately, he still had to turn it around, and there was very little space
to do so. Twice he backed up until he could finally drive off. At that very
moment, the engine of the pickup revved behind them. He looked in the rear-view
mirror; the truck was already approaching them. He hit the gas. The car reacted
and lurched forward with a jerk. Martin drove as fast as he could; Liv was
frightened; she held on to the armrest and looked around from back to front.
“Faster! Please!”
“I’m trying to.”
Martin pushed the pedal harder. The main road lay in front of
them – he knew he wouldn’t make the curve at that speed. Even so he kept
driving at the same velocity; a brief glance revealed the pickup directly
behind them. The engine was loud, and the black steel fenders in front of the
hood were coming dangerously close. At the intersection to the main road, Martin
braked slightly, hoping to make it onto the dirt road without
landing in the ditch. Gripping the steering wheel with all
his strength, the Audi swung around, and it looked like they would make it. But
the pickup had other plans. It didn’t intend to make the curve. The driver
swerved slightly to the right and rammed the Audi from the side just as they
reached the bend. The Audi’s rear end slung around towards the woods. Liv
screamed, both airbags deployed and Martin braked with everything in his power.
The car came to a stop diagonally across the road.
Before Martin recovered his seven senses, the door was swung
open, and he was staring down the barrel of a rifle. The man roared something
in Swedish. Martin didn’t understand a word, but it was clear, nonetheless,
what the man wanted. Martin got out and raised his arms. Behind him, Liv
crawled out of the car. She said something to the man, who tersely roared back,
and Liv fell silent. The man wore a green parka with a high turned-up collar.
Other than that he wore a baseball cap. Because of this, little of his face was
visible. Dishevelled dark hair and a large, somewhat red nose. With the rifle,
the man motioned them to the pickup. He opened the hatch over the bed and said
something. Liv scrambled in; Martin behind her. They had to lie down, then the
hatch was closed tightly. Liv felt for his hand and held onto it firmly. The
bed smelled like cement and leaves. It was cold.
Completely dark.
The pickup started up, turned around and drove off.
A few minutes later, the hatch was opened again, the man
directed them into the house, down the stairs and into the cellar. He motioned
them to sit on the bed and looked around the room. The rifle was still pointing
at them. The man cursed, kicked the table so that it flew over the threshold of
the doorway, then he left the room. A key turned in the lock.
Martin and Liv looked at each other. Liv bent her head and
laid it on Martin’s shoulder. She was crying. Martin put his arm around her.
He could think of nothing to comfort her. The situation was
quite hopeless.
The author grew up in the North of Germany, Schleswig-Holstein. Today, he lives together with his family in Stockholm, Sweden, where he works as a management consultant.
Already for ages he has been a great fan of crime stories and therefore, had the desire to write his own crime story with the characters acting in Sweden. This crime-fiction is now available under the title "Vanished?".
The crime novel starts at a slower pace - like Martin's holidays, but the tension goes up more and more. It comes to a number of surprising turns giving new impulses to the story. Apart from that, the lovely country Sweden is described with the view of a foreigner.
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