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  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9781616959739
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $32.99

Protected By The Shadows




The explosive final installment in Soho Crime's bestselling Detective Inspector Huss series takes us to the heart of gang warfare in Göteborg, Sweden

In this final installment of the internationally bestselling Irene Huss investigations, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the escalating tension between rival gangs in Göteborg, Sweden. But could there be a mole on the force who is thwarting their efforts?

The gang warfare that has been brewing in Göteborg is about to explode. A member of a notorious biker gang has been set on fire—alive. Even in a culture where ritual killings are common, this brutal assault attracts the attention of both Irene’s unit and the Organized Crimes Unit. Anticipating a counterattack, the two units team up to patrol the lavish party of a rival gang, but that doesn’t stop another murder from occurring just outside the event hall.

And that’s not the only thing going up in flames. Someone has planted a bomb under Irene’s husband’s car. Fearing for her family’s safety, Irene sends her husband and daughters into hiding and takes up residence at a colleague’s apartment. Still, she can’t shake the feeling that she is being stalked. Somehow, the gangs are always one step ahead of the police. Someone is leaking information. But who? Irene’s life depends on discovering the answer.

  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9781616959739
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $32.99

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Praise for Protected By The Shadows

Praise for the Irene Huss series

  • "As good as Louise Welsh's similarly creepy tour of Glasgow."--Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly
  • "A prime example of a particular style of crime fiction that leads back through Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Ed McBain, a style that insists upon the alternating mundane and extraordinary qualities of everyday life."--Los Angeles Review of Books
  • "These days Scandinavian crime writers are thick on the ground. It's nice to see that the women can be just as bloodthirsty as the men."--The New York Times Book Review
  • "Truly satisfying."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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