The SwedeThe Swede
An Ernest Grip Novel
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Book, 2015
Current format, Book, 2015, First U.S. edition, Available ."Jo Nesbo meets Homeland in this sophisticated debut literary thriller about a Swedish security force agent sent to the U.S. for a special assignment, which delivers a breathtaking global twist on the darkly riveting (and commercially appealing) narrative tradition of Nordic noir"--
At a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, the CIA is trying to get a prisoner to confess. But the detainee, a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in the United States, refuses to talk.
Ernst Grip, a Swedish security officer, gets dispatched to New York, without knowing why. FBI agent Shauna Friedman, who meets him there, seems to know a little too much about him. Though when he arrives at his real destination, the American authorities have just one question for him: Is their terror suspect a Swedish citizen?
Grip works to uncover the mans true identity. In the process, he discovers the prisoners ties to a group of other suspectsa ruthless American arms dealer, a Czech hit man, a mysterious nurse from Kansas, and a heartbreakingly n̐ave Pakistani. The closer Grip gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that others involved have something to hide. Who is real, and who is leading a double life?
At a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, the CIA is trying to get a prisoner to confess. But the detainee, a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in the United States, refuses to talk.
Ernst Grip, a Swedish security officer, gets dispatched to New York, without knowing why. FBI agent Shauna Friedman, who meets him there, seems to know a little too much about him. Though when he arrives at his real destination, the American authorities have just one question for him: Is their terror suspect a Swedish citizen?
Grip works to uncover the mans true identity. In the process, he discovers the prisoners ties to a group of other suspectsa ruthless American arms dealer, a Czech hit man, a mysterious nurse from Kansas, and a heartbreakingly n̐ave Pakistani. The closer Grip gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that others involved have something to hide. Who is real, and who is leading a double life?
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- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
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