Motive X
Published originally in 2018. Translation from Swedish by Agnes Broomé.
A WOUNDED DAUGHTER.
Detective Fabian Risk's daughter is in a coma at Helsingborg hospital. It's Risk's fault for getting her involved in his last investigation – and the guilt is crippling.
A MURDERED BOY.
A young Syrian refugee has been killed. It looks like a racist attack – but then more people die across Sweden and Denmark. There's no link between any of the victims. Is this a serial killer who strikes at random?
A DESPERATE HUNT.
In Denmark, Police Chief Astrid Tuvesson must abandon her AA program to lead the investigation. And in Sweden, Fabian Risk is called from his daughter's bedside and forced back into service. But even with a united team, tracking a random killer is next to impossible...
HOW DO YOU CATCH A KILLER... WHO NEVER STRIKES THE SAME WAY TWICE?
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Stefan Ahnhem
Stefan Ahnhem is a top writer among the fierce competition of Scandinavian thriller authors. He was born in Stockholm in 1966, grew up in Helsingborg, and now lives in Copenhagen with his family. In the 1980s and 1990s, Ahnhem played in a synth duo called Spacelab. He worked as a film and TV screenwriter for some twenty years before embarking on his writing career in 2014. The first installment of the Fabian Risk crime series was an international success and won the Crimetime Award, among others. The series skillfully combines psychological suspense with fast-paced action. The series has produced several books, which have sold over two million copies and been sold to over 30 countries.
Fabian Risk
The main character in Stefan Ahnhem's Fabian Risk series is a forty-something detective who moves from Stockholm to his hometown of Helsingborg in the first book of the series.
Fabian Risk consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
