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Christoffer Carlsson
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Christoffer Carlsson

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Christoffer Carlsson has a PhD in criminology, and is a university lecturer in the subject. He has written five crime novels, including the bestselling The Invisible Man from Salem and the Young Adult noir October is the Coldest Month.

Books by Christoffer Carlsson

The Living and the Dead

A dazzling, multi-award-winning mystery from the 'finest crime writer in Sweden' (David Lagercrantz)

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Blaze Me a Sun

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK •#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated—a “thrilling and profoundly poignant” (Angie Kim) novel by one of the country’s top criminologists, hailed as “the finest crime writer we have in Sweden” (David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series)

“The first great crime novel of 2023”—The New York Times

"Riveting...gripping."—Wall Street Journal

“A brainy page-turner from a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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