Some Lines Break (Somliga linor brister)

Varg Gyllander

It is an early spring morning. The capital is asleep when the young Jenny Svensson ends her life naked in a fountain in the city centre. For crime investigator Ulf Holtz, who arrives to the scene at dawn, it seems to be an accident at first, maybe a game that went wrong. But soon it becomes clear for him and the investigation team that they are dealing with a purposeful killer.

 

When the young graffiti artist Peter Konstantino dies in a similar way the pressure raises on the police. More and more show that a human hunt is going on. Fear and frustration spread.

                                                                                                      

Ulf Holtz, his colleague Pia Levin, and the young trainee Nahid Ghadjar at the forensic department fumble in the dark. Despite the most updated and modern knowledge and equipment in forensic techniques they have access to; it takes a while before a trail can be revealed. Slowly Holtz realizes where it leads. A trail that will put friendship to the test.

 

Some Lines Break is a story far from major international conspiracies. The scene of the crime is the city and its different environments and settings. The reader gets to be part of reality and meet people behind their occupational shields. It turns out they all lack the same deficiencies and weaknesses as the rest of us do.

 

352 pages

 

Rights sold

Denmark: Politiken

Germany: Random House/Btb

The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Hoogland & Van Klaveren

Sweden: Bra Böcker

 

Reviews

"A pleasant pace, where Holst is given space to become  human being, at the same time as the crime story still doesn’t become too cozy. /.../ The story doesn’t lack anything. "

Information, Denmark

 

"Gyllander manages to create people and environmets simply and without problems."

Extrabladet, Denmark

 

"This crime novel is one of the best I have ever red."

Mariestadstidningen

 

"There is no doubt that he has great knowledge about crime scene investigator's reality and the police's every day work, after working as a press secretary at The National Bureau of Investigation for many years. It feels real and well grounded and that makes the book trustworhy."

Folkbladet

 

"Gyllander has passed with brilliance in his debut. And Leif GW Persson has gotten a competitor in the genre of realistic crime novels."

Östgöta Correspondenten

 

”Gyllander introduces us to the forensic investigators and their work. The forensic investigators who are normally the supporting characters are here given the leading roles. Smart and cool. Looking forward to the next bok already."

Smålänningen

 

”A well written and trustworthy debut, which leaves the reader with a feeling of that this could very well happen, now, today, in the middle of the Swedish society. We will most certainly meet Ulf Holtz again.”

Kristianstadsbladet

 

“Is there a need for another crime novel? Oh yes, if the writer’s name is Varg Gyllander. // His descriptions from the police world is so authentic the book almost walks away by itself, most trustworthy and exciting. Buy and read! “

Tove Hem & Trädgård

 

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