Wet tracks (Våta spår)

Katerina Janouch

 

Katty Lundström, age 43, gazed down at the naked man in her bathtub. There was, of course, a completely natural explanation as to why he was laying there. Dead. Shot. But what to say? What would the police believe? And not least, what about her own sensitive, teenage daughter? Katty decides to get rid of the body and dumps it down in the basement. Soon after, she makes another surprising discovery, this time among the underwear in her dresser drawer…

 

Liv, age 16, hates everything. Her name. Her boyfriend who thinks of nothing but sex. The monstrous, meaninglessness of school. Most of all, she hates her self-centered, age-conscious, embarrassing mother. And yet… One day, when her mother has grown older and calmed down a little, they may be able to sit down and talk about things. But not now, because today Liv plans to leave her old life behind. To take off. To become one more missing persons case.

 

Katty and Liv take us on an adventure filled with both love and sisterhood, but also with murder and kidnapping. And through it all runs the theme of a fragile yet loving relationship between a mother and her daughter.

 

342 pages

 

Rights sold

The Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta

Sweden: Wahlström & Widstrand, Pocketförlaget and Speaking Books

 

Reviews

“It is quite simply a seductive and very exciting story.”

Länstidningen

 

“I spent several nights in a row clutching this book tightly in front me into the small hours of the morning. Those who love to be drawn into a book where time and space disappear simply have to read this one.”

Gotlands Tidningar

 

“Adventure, love, sex, kidnapping, climbing up the fronts of buildings, murder with several corpses and finally the birth of a child. What more can you ask from a novel?”

Örebro-Kuriren

 

“Fast-paced and entertaining, credible and alive.”

Helsingborgs Dagblad

 

“A true women’s thriller, wonderfully exempt from masculine heroes.”

Värmlands Folkblad

 

“An exciting and different book.”

Södermanlands Nyheter

 

“Clever and witty… Shows a disarming lack of respect for intellectual jargon and false conceit.”

Sydsvenska Dagbladet

 

“Nothing is impossible for Katerina Janouch. Surprises come in rapid order.”

Hudiksvalls tidning