Cops and Robbers

Nominated for the Crimetime Award for Best Crime Debut of the Year 2024

Nominated for Best Debut of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy.

One of the best crime novels of the year, according to Dagens Nyheter.

“One of Sweden’s most renowned defense attorneys makes his crime fiction debut with a wild story, offering an insider’s depiction of both the criminal underworld and the police force.” – Aftonbladet

Niklas is a former cash-in-transit robber forced to switch careers. Now, he makes unannounced home visits to the wealthy elite, slipping away with a Rolex as if it were child’s play. One evening at a bar, he meets Ida. She doesn’t know he’s a criminal. He doesn’t know she’s a cop. When the police surveillance team moves in on Niklas that night, the unsuspecting Ida is caught in the middle. Niklas puts his faith in Torsten Blom, a washed-up star attorney struggling to keep his finances in order. But what no one knows is that Niklas has also swindled his old partners out of a million—now, everyone is after him. Cops and Robbers is a sharp-witted and thrilling insider’s take on Sweden’s justice system, told from multiple perspectives. This is defense attorney Johan Eriksson’s first crime novel.