LÄNGST IN I SKOGEN – DEEP IN THE FOREST
By Marie Hermanson
IT’S THE YEAR 1926, and the cold winter weather paralyses Gothenburg. The nanny Maj has sought refuge from the cold inside the Natural History Museum together with the children she takes care of. Suddenly, the eldest girl, Alice, is gone.
CHIEF DETECTIVE NILS Gunnarsson shivers in his too-thin overcoat and mourning his past mistakes, when he is assigned the peculiar case. However, to successfully solve the mystery, he will once again need the help of his friend Ellen.
MARIE HERMANSON IS back with a new standalone historical crime novel featuring journalist Ellen Grönblad and policeman Nils Gunnarsson.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Albert Bonnier, 2024 Sweden.
RIGHTS SOLD
Germany, Insel Verlag Anton Kippenberg
Sweden, Albert Bonnier
REVIEWS
My favourite part of the book? The dazzling sense of presence on each page. Historic Gothenburg is a breathing object, and Hermanson spares no detail in documenting its bars, its dance halls, its markets and its lunch spots. It’s clear she has spent a lot of time walking the streets of the city and researching its historic establishments. Beneath the mystery is another story, a slice-of-life novel about a certain city at a certain time and the people who live in it: the drunks, the cops, the writers, the maids. This quotidian adoration contributes to the novel’s languid quality. This is a book you want to read slowly on a Sunday morning.
– Swedish Book Review, 2025:2
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