Reviews

• “As a reader, you have your suspicions, but the author skillfully succeeds in maintaining the suspense. It’s like being a fly on the wall during an extremely dysfunctional couples dinner; sometimes the dialogue gets nagging, but at the same time, it is impossible to stay away.”

• “After six very successful books with Fabian Risk in the lead, and last year’s bonus, An Entirely Different Story, Stefan Ahnhem now shifts gear onto something completely new with Nothing But the Truth. Recognizable from earlier works is that this is a courageous author, he is not afraid to push the thrill-factor. Everything taken for granted is a façade behind which something entirely different is hiding. /…/ Ahnhem once again demonstrates his mercilessly wicked richness of imagination […] No matter the genre, this author provides us with reading-joy in large doses.”

• “There are writers whose books I put on top of my to-read pile, no matter how many novels it contains. Stefan Ahnhem is one of them, who never disappoints his readers. His thrillers are packed with suspense and written in a formidable style. You can’t put them down for even a second until you reach the ending. And this time, it’s even better. Nothing But the Truth is a must for all thriller lovers. /…/ I don’t think many readers will anticipate the who and why, and the ending will surely surprise everyone. That is the real cherry on top. Ahnhem could not have done it better. Nothing But the Truth is one of the best thrillers I have ever read. I strongly recommend it.”

• “After just 20 pages, you realize that it becomes impossible to stop reading until you’re finished. Somehow, there’s always an unsettling undertone, one that’s indefinable. It just slowly creeps under your skin. It’s pure gaslighting, but you never quite realize who’s playing mind games with whom. Along the way, you think it all fits together logically, only to realize you’ve been completely misled /…/ It’s a remarkably thrilling book and the plot is completely unpredictable.”

• “A taste of Hitchcock /…/ A well-constructed psychological thriller set in the Swedish archipelago and the American West Coast. (…) Nothing but the Truth is skillfully put together; the story practically calls out for a TV producer and eight episodes of goosebumps. /…/ Ahnhem’s mastery: He feeds readers bits of information at just the right pace and builds an increasingly larger drama around the two couples and the people surrounding them. The idyll is replaced by unease, the crime mystery takes up more space, and I find myself thinking of the old film master Alfred Hitchcock from time to time. /…/ A Swedish crime success ventures into a psychological thriller.”

• “Nothing but the Truth is a Swedish psychological thriller that […] keeps you riveted from the first page.”

• “Ahnhem plays with both trust and credibility in a crime novel on the genre’s edge.”

• “A psychological thriller of sky high quality.”

• “Genuinely terrifying in true Ahnhem-spirit. ”

• “Forget everything you’ve read by Ahnhem before: this is new, fresh, and immensely thrilling. And creepy. /…/ Nothing But the Truth is a page-turner that grows, page by page.”

• “It’s an elegant plot that is incredibly skillfully narrated, with macabre little details which at first appear detached from one another, but gradually come together to alter the picture of what’s happening.”

• “Through flashbacks and shifting narrators, you find out that beneath the polished surface there are multiple layers and twists. Ahnhem maintains the suspense whilst inviting the reader to play detective.”

• “[Ahnhem] builds a story which is put together in such a masterly and fascinating way. Both the twists and turns and moments of surprise are executed with great style and flair. ”

• “A fascinating and skillfully presented psychological thriller […] where the ending is breathtaking, to say the least.”