{"product_id":"1793-the-wolf-and-the-watchman","title":"1793: The Wolf and the Watchman","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003e1793: The Wolf and the Watchman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNiklas Natt och Dag\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781501196782\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAtria Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the gritty streets and shadowy corners of 18th-century Stockholm, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, masterful historical thriller where a chilling murder investigation peels back the twisted layers of a city rife with secrets, corruption, and intrigue.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e set in 18th-century Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthralling--and the best historical thriller I've read in twenty years.\" --A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful.\" --Fredrik Backman, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChilling and thought-provoking. Relentless, well-written, and nearly impossible to put down.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm's Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell's help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge's health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer's son who is lead down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city's labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead--all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Breathtakingly bold and intricately constructed, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"1793: The Wolf and the Watchman | Niklas Natt och Dag | Paperback | 9781501196782 | New | Fiction 1739270","offer_id":49228833128600,"sku":"1739270","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81KiUHbHEzL.jpg?v=1781193907","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/1793-the-wolf-and-the-watchman","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}