num_pages: 328
description: The action swings from London to Sweden and then back into the past to Franco's Spain as Roy &amp; Castells hunt a monstrous killer  in the latest instalment of Johana Gustawsson's award-winning international bestselling series. ***Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger*** 'Historical sections highlight in distressing detail the atrocious treatment of mothers-to-be in Franco's Spain  A satisfying full-fat mystery' The Times 'Assured telling of a complex story' Sunday Times 'Gustawsson's writing is so vivid it's electrifying. Utterly compelling' Peter James  Spain 1938: The country is wracked by civil war and as Valencia falls to Franco's brutal dictatorship Republican Therese witnesses the murders of her family. Captured and sent to the notorious Las Ventas women's prison Therese gives birth to a daughter who is forcibly taken from her. Falkenberg Sweden 2016: A wealthy family is found savagely murdered in their luxurious home. Discovering that her parents have been slaughtered Alinor Lindbergh a new recruit to the UK's Scotland Yard rushes back to Sweden and finds her hometown rocked by the massacre. Profiler Emily Roy joins forces with Alinor and soon finds herself on the trail of a monstrous and prolific killer. Little does she realise that this killer is about to change the life of her colleague true-crime writer Alexis Castells. Joining forces once again Roy and Castells' investigation takes them from the Swedish fertility clinics of the present day back to the terror of Franco's rule and the horrifying events that took place in Spanish orphanages under its rule. Terrifying vivid and recounted at breakneck speed Blood Song is not only a riveting thriller and an examination of corruption in the fertility industry but a shocking reminder of the atrocities of Spain's dictatorship in the latest stunning instalment in the award-winning Roy &amp; Castells series.  'French novelist Johana Gustawsson writes novels of startling originality. Blood Song [is] truly horrifying' Sunday Times 'Her sleuths tracking a monstrous killer transporting us from modern-day fertility clinics in Sweden to the abuses of Spanish orphanages under the brutal rule of General Franco  a truly European thriller' Financial Times 'Gritty bone-chilling and harrowing  it's not for the faint of heart and not to be missed' Crime by the Book 'A relentless heart-stopping masterpiece filled with nightmarish situations that will keep you awake long into the dark nights of winter' New York Journal of Books 'Emotional and atmospheric' New Books Magazine 'Intricately plotted visceral and emotional the author ramps up the tension and the unfolding keeps the reader guessing to the very end. Scenes are raw vivid and gripping' Promoting Crime 'I don't think there's a crime writer who writes with such intelligence darkness and deep sadness as Johana Gustawsson. This was extraordinary' Louise Beech ' Blood Song caught and has held onto my thoughts it is clever provocative and a seriously good read' LoveReading 'A fascinating and engrossing read but also one that I found intensely harrowing deeply intimate and which made me cry' Live &amp; Deadly 'A real page-turner I loved it' Martina Cole 'Cleverly plotted simply excellent' Ragnar Jnasson 'A must-read' Daily Express 'Bold and audacious' R. J. Ellory
language: English
title: Blood Song
publisher: ORENDA BOOKS