Two Soldiers - Hardcover

Roslund, Anders; Hellstrom, Borge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1623651352 ISBN 13: 9781623651350

Publisher: Quercus, 2014

Synopsis

An explosive thriller of drugs, gang warfare, and two fatherless teenage boys on the wrong side of the law.

In a bleak Stockholm suburb where juvenile gang crime is rapidly on the rise, two 19-year-old boys, best friends since third grade and drug addicts since age 9, have spent their young lives establishing a ruthless criminal enterprise--known as the Raby Warriors. With the recruitment of children as foot soldiers, the Warriors are now poised to become the most powerful syndicate in the region.

Twenty years on the force, Jose Pereira now heads the Organized Crime and Gang Section in Raby. If it was not so deadly, Pereira might appreciate the absurdity of watching boys like Leon and Gabriel, raised on Hollywood images, morph themselves into characterizations of gangsters.

After Leon and Gabriel execute a maximum-security prison break, in which a female guard is kidnapped and feared murdered, Pereira Chief Superintendent Ewert Grens joins the investigation, a maverick detective who never gives up. For Grens, this case awakens troubled ghosts from his past. Soon all four are on a violent collision course that will irrevocably change all their lives.

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Review

"A gritty and worrying yarn... What sets Roslund and Hellstrom apart is their background of working cons, which comes through almost as a subtle sympathy."--Jon Wise, The Daily Sport

"This powerful sixth series entry upholds the high literary standards of the previous award-winning Grens & Sundkvist novels; jarring dialogue and alternating first-person narratives offer an unsettling portrait of the gangland cycle of violence, desperation, and hope. It's an ugly yet beautiful story that readers will find themselves immediately buried in. Highly recommended for fans of the violently realistic social commentary in Richard Price's Clockers."-- Booklist, starred review

"You will find yourself utterly engaged from the very first chapter."--Barry Forshaw, The Independent

"Suspenseful and at times unexpected, frightening and engaging... a skillfully constructed story."--Monika Silen, Tidningen Kulturen (Swede

"Filled with drama and tough action, it is as authentic as it is disturbing, taking a peek below the shadows that form what we term a civilized society."--Ali Karim, Shots Magazine

"[A] riveting crime thriller... [a] psychologically driven plot, which reveals how criminal behavior is perpetuated from generation to generation through dysfunctional family conditions. Complex characterizations boost the action."--Publishers Weekly

Book Description

The internationally bestselling DCI Ewert Grens thrillers continues, this time lifting the lid on Sweden's burgeoning network of child gangs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1623651352
• ISBN 13: 9781623651350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 596