Reviews

• “Recalls Mankell at his best in its whip-smart observations, flawed but endearing characters and gruesome appeal.”

• “It’s a better class of murder in Sweden. /…/ Epic in scale and ambition, this announces a new arrival in the Swedish crime galaxy.”

• “This Scandinavian page-turner is sure to keep you up late into the night.”

• “All admirers of Swedish crime can be thrilled about this book as well as the coming stories in the company of Fabian Risk.”

• “An unusually good debut.”

• “A through and through brilliant and stringent crime novel that you plow through in large portions with a worryingly high heart rate.”

• “Ahnhem encourages the reader’s compassion for the serial killer by depicting him as a victim instead of just a perpetrator. Moreover the murderer is so intelligent that you find yourself hoping that he’ll succeed in his bloody scheme.”

• “Violent and compelling.”

• “Ahnhem writes with momentum, confidence and a good eye for psychology. The dialogue and environmental depictions are well executed and convincing. The character portrayals are both sharper and more nuanced than what the genre usually allows for. The intrigue is smart and excellently constructed. Everything flows effectively during six hundred at times sadistically brutal pages.”

• “A truly brutal crime fiction debut!”

• “Victim Without a Face is a portrait of what bullying and exclusion in childhood can do to people. Stefan Ahnhem […] debuts with a psychological thriller mixed with American serial killer action and flavored with Southern Swedish crime fiction tradition.”

• “A thriller that screams for a sequel with the same protagonist.”

• “[A] dizzying rollercoaster ride. /…/ Unbelievable that this is a debut. Victim Without a Face promises great things for the future.”