three seconds: the gripping, award-winning thriller that inspired the film 'the informer' (dci ewert grens book 4)  <p><b>** the inspiration for the major new hollywood blockbuster, &apos;the informer&apos; **</b><br /><b>** winner of the 2011 cwa international dagger **</b><br /><b><i>** new york times</i> top 5 bestseller **</b><br /><br />&apos;extraordinarily compelling&apos; <i>daily mail</i><br /><i>&apos;the action is non-stop&apos; the times</i><br />&apos;three seconds is just about how long it feels it takes to read <i>three seconds</i> . . . terrific&apos; <i>time out</i><br /><br /><b>scandinavian crime does not get more explosive.</b><br /><br /><b>one murder.</b><br /><br />piet hoffmann is the swedish police force&apos;s best undercover operative. not even his family know of his double identity. yet when a drug deal with the polish mafia goes fatally wrong, his secret life begins to crumble around him. <br /><br /><b>two men. </b><br /><br />detective inspector ewert grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. unaware of hoffmann&apos;s true identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath. <br /><br /><b>three seconds. </b><br /><br />hoffmann must desperately maintain his cover; else he is a dead man walking. but, in the doggedly-perceptive ewert grens, he has just made the most relentless of enemies.<br /><br /><br /><b><i>can&apos;t get enough of dci ewert grens? then check out </i>cell 8<i>, named by the </i>sunday times<i> as one of the 60 best thrillers and crime novels of the past 6 years.</i></b></p>