Truth Be Told

From bestselling crime author Anna Tell comes new thrilling crime series, introducing investigator Hedvig Lilja.

In the midst of a sweltering summer heat wave in Karlstad, a police officer is found murdered. He has recently been working in a major and widely questioned operation targeting wolf poaching. The execution-like nature of the murder enhances the fear spread through-out the police force, and many are starting to ask the obvious question: who will be next?

The competent and experienced investigator Hedvig Lilja, who works at NOA (Department for National Operations) in Stockholm, is asked to go to Karlstad to support in what has become a, to put it mildly, tension-filled investigation. Meanwhile, we are getting to know young Elin, who is grieving her recently departed mother and trying to find answers to what really happened when her father disappeared without a trace from his military service in Kristinehamn 25 years ago.

TRUTH BE TOLD is the first book in the new series from bestselling author Anna Tell, which marks a brand-new beginning of her authorship. Introducing Hedvig Lilja, a tough police officer with heaps of both life and work experience, and gifted with a heightened sense of smell that she uses greatly to her advantage. Set in the dark forests and small towns of Värmland, lending an ideal backdrop for this new Nordic police procedural that will take your breath away. A perfect mix of thrilling suspense, action-packed scenes, and an immediate and easy-going intimacy with our new friends at the Värmland police force.

“Tell always takes great care to get the details right – from how you reload a weapon to how a facial expression can say more than a thousand words – and it makes every scene feel authentic. ”
Göteborgsposten

‘TRUTH BE TOLD is also a good mix of suspense, dark secrets and a cosy atmosphere among the investigating police officers, who drink coffee, beer, eat hamburgers and hunt for killers with the same level of enthusiasm.’
Aftonbladet

Madelene Hovstadius

Literary Agent | Fiction & Non-Fiction, Childrens' & YA

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