1793. Le vent de la Révolution française souffle sur les monarchies du Nord. Un an après la mort du roi Gustav III de Suède, la tension est palpable dans tout le pays. Rumeurs de conspirations, paranoïa, espionnage, le pouvoir est en effervescence. C'est dans cette atmosphère irrespirable que Jean Michael Cardell, un vétéran de la guerre russo-suédoise, découvre dans un lac de Stockholm le corps mutilé d'un inconnu. L'enquête est confiée à Cecil Winge, un homme de loi tuberculeux. Celui-ci va bientôt devoir affronter le mal et la corruption qui règnent à tous les échelons de la société suédoise, avant de mettre au jour une sombre et terrible vérité. [4e de couv.]
Michael Cardell Séries
La série « Michael Cardell » de Niklas Natt och Dag est un roman policier historique sombre qui se déroule à Stockholm au XVIIIe siècle. Le personnage principal, Michael Cardell, ancien soldat et détective, résout des crimes brutaux dans un environnement corrompu et dangereux.
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Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist. Set in 1794, a young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in a hospital, plagued by guilt over the death of his bride on their wedding night. Her mother, desperate for answers, turns to Jean Mickel Cardell, a one-armed watchman, when no one else will listen. Meanwhile, Cecil Winge, now deceased, has left behind a mystery that his younger brother Emil seeks to unravel by retrieving a missing pocket watch. Cardell enlists Emil’s help, but soon realizes the younger Winge may be more of a hindrance than an ally. As they dig deeper, they uncover the involvement of a mysterious slave trader in Three Roses' affairs, prompting a race against time to uncover the truth. This second installment of Natt och Dag's historical noir trilogy reunites readers with Cardell, Anna Stina Knapp, and the vibrant yet dark world of late eighteenth-century Stockholm, where the façade of splendor begins to crumble, revealing the sinister elements lurking in the shadows. The author, a member of Sweden's oldest noble family, brings a rich historical backdrop to this gripping tale.
It is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of Stockholm. Tycho Ceton prowls the city, willing to do anything to survive and reclaim the honour he has lost. No one knows what he is planning next but Emil Winge, haunted by the ghosts of his past, is determined to stop him. Meanwhile, Jean Mickel Cardell is preoccupied with his own search for Anna Stina Knapp. She may have in her possession a letter which could have devastating consequences in the wrong hands. All the while, hell looms inexorably.