The Father
On sale
6th August 2015
Price: £8.99
CWA Daggers: International, 2016
Genre
‘A powerful real-life story’
Guardian
An epic crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who became Sweden’s most successful criminals – written by their real brother.
None had committed a crime before. All were under 24 years old. All of them would be changed forever.
In this intoxicating, heartbreaking thriller, the real-life fourth brother, who was not involved in the real robberies, tells of three boys who grew from innocent children to become public enemy number one – and of the man who made them that way.
‘Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you’ll read this year’
Stephen Booth
‘The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling . . . the sweep and scope are epic’
Herald
‘Superior. . . builds to a breathless climax’
Sun
‘A deep, clean cut into the body of fathers, sons, loyalty and family’
Sainsburys Magazine
‘Will delight fans of Nordic Noir’
Crime Fiction Lover
‘Mind boggling and captivating’
The Crime Warp
‘An incredible story’
Crime Time
‘Many of the scenes stick with you’
Expressen, Sweden
‘A powerful and riveting reading experience’
Deckarbloggen, Sweden
‘One of the summer’s best thrillers’
Café, Sweden
‘The action in The Father is captivating. It holds us in suspense from the first page to the last’
LitteraturMagazinet, Sweden
‘[An] action-packed page turner – not for the faint of heart’
Elle, Germany
Guardian
An epic crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who became Sweden’s most successful criminals – written by their real brother.
None had committed a crime before. All were under 24 years old. All of them would be changed forever.
In this intoxicating, heartbreaking thriller, the real-life fourth brother, who was not involved in the real robberies, tells of three boys who grew from innocent children to become public enemy number one – and of the man who made them that way.
‘Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you’ll read this year’
Stephen Booth
‘The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling . . . the sweep and scope are epic’
Herald
‘Superior. . . builds to a breathless climax’
Sun
‘A deep, clean cut into the body of fathers, sons, loyalty and family’
Sainsburys Magazine
‘Will delight fans of Nordic Noir’
Crime Fiction Lover
‘Mind boggling and captivating’
The Crime Warp
‘An incredible story’
Crime Time
‘Many of the scenes stick with you’
Expressen, Sweden
‘A powerful and riveting reading experience’
Deckarbloggen, Sweden
‘One of the summer’s best thrillers’
Café, Sweden
‘The action in The Father is captivating. It holds us in suspense from the first page to the last’
LitteraturMagazinet, Sweden
‘[An] action-packed page turner – not for the faint of heart’
Elle, Germany
Reviews
Heartbreakingly blurs the line between criminal and victim in this stunning first of a two-novel series based on a sensational string of bank robberies in 1990s Sweden
A flawlessly constructed thriller
An incredible crime novel
An insider story that beats any action film
Will delight fans of Nordic noir
A thrilling novel that becomes something much more than a book you can't put down
Incredibly efficient and easy to read . . . gripping and thrilling
The Father is a novel where we know already from the beginning how it will all end, but the way there is worth our while
Will delight fans of Nordic Noir
One of the summer's best thrillers
Superior... builds to a breathless climax
It is hard to put The Father down for more than the briefest moment. It is an empathetic story that vividly portrays perpetrators, victims and police
One crazily addictive book
The Father is a technically wonderful novel crafted with breathtaking cleverness
The structure is strictly cinematic: well-formed scenes with sharp dialogue and seamless progress, making reading a pleasure. Once you've started reading, it's hard to put the book down
The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling...the sweep and scope are epic
Never before have I read a book that so successfully explains how people can end up as criminals
It is captivating to read about the inner workings of a gang of robbers
Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you'll read this year
An incredible story
The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling . . . the sweep and scope are epic
The Father is a book that will elicit a lot of response, a must-read for every crime lover. Actually, a must for anyone who likes to read
Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you'll read this year
[An] action-packed page turner - not for the faint of heart
A deep, clean cut into the body of fathers, sons, loyalty and family
Totally crazy, totally reckless and totally brilliant: a well-researched fictional reality of a book ... the best crime thriller of the year so far
An unbelievably exciting and authentic story. . . One of the year's best crime stories
I have a soft spot not only for suspense novels, but also for coming-of-age stories; here, I get both!
A powerful and riveting reading experience
The Father isn't just exciting-it also gives a sincere picture of a home that is a far cry from that of your average Joe
The action in The Father is captivating. It holds us in suspense from the first page to the last
The meticulous preparation and execution of the robberies are depicted stunningly
The Father provides an intriguing insight in the criminal life
A powerful real-life story
The Father is thoroughly exciting from the first line to the last. Seductively well-written
The craftsmanship in this novel is first-class. It is both exciting and dramatic in an almost cinematic way
Superior. . . builds to a breathless climax
A very clever suspense novel, a classic story of crime and punishment that is simultaneously a gripping family drama with a genuinely painful element
A powerful real-life story
It is amazing how much tension the authors create while merely describing the preparations for the robberies. Even more exciting are the robberies themselves
The Father is more than a traditional suspense novel. It is also a story of exclusion, a fractured family, an unfamiliar Sweden and a kind of honour culture. This is why it is so totally relevant to us
Mind boggling and captivating
A remarkable blend of fact and fiction
A deep, clean cut into the body of fathers, sons, loyalty and family
Many of the scenes stick with you
It's extremely well written, thrilling, gripping, gruesome, cheerful, anguished, heartwarming, and ice cold - spectacular in all ways. The Father is a world-class piece of fiction
A book that seems infallible: bring on the cartloads of stars, the stellar reviews and the millions of readers
A gripping coming-of-age story, flush with exciting scenes and the psychological battle between father and son
