{"product_id":"book-ctyz","title":"The Wolf and the Watchman","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in the gritty streets and shadowy corners of 18th-century Stockholm, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, masterful historical thriller where a chilling murder investigation peels back the twisted layers of a city rife with secrets, corruption, and intrigue.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e set in 18th-century Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthralling—and the best historical thriller I’ve read in twenty years.” —A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful.” —Fredrik Backman, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChilling and thought-provoking. Relentless, well-written, and nearly impossible to put down.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm’s Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell’s help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge’s health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer’s son who is lead down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city’s labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead—all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Breathtakingly bold and intricately constructed, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf and the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347223093552,"sku":"BDctyz","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347223159088,"sku":"10ctyz","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ctyz-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773688191","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ctyz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}