The wolf and the watchman
By: Niklas Natt och Dag
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781473692138; 9781473682122
Subjects: Social life and customs; Private investigators; Murder; Fiction; Investigation; Manners and customs; Corruption; History
Work titles: 1793
Description: The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer. The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.
Notes: Originally published in Swedish under the title: 1793 by Bokförlaget Forum, Stockholm, 2017.

Translated from the Swedish.