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Vanessa Frank #5

The sports industry is one of the biggest markets of our time, with athletes making billions. Beyond the online betting sites there is an underground market where large transactions take place through match fixing, violence, and corruption.

The fates of a murdered soccer player’s wife in an upper-class Stockholm neighborhood, a boy in the suburbs with dreams of becoming a star athlete, and an outcast middle grade teacher wanting to be seen for who she is, are intertwined in an action-packed drama and an impossible equation. Detective Vanessa Frank has to find the unknown variable X before it is too late.

X is the fifth installment in the bestselling series about detective Vanessa Frank.

Awards

Shortlisted for the Bookbeat Crimetime Award (Best Crime Novel) Sweden 2023
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden 2023
Nextory Awards Sweden 2023
Shortlisted for the Adlibris Award (Best Crime Fiction) Sweden 2022
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Reviews

  • “Damn what a tough story, Pascal Engman never ceases to surprise.”

    Randaberg24, Norway

  • “Of course X, like the previous installments in the Vanessa Frank series, is incredibly exciting. Pascal Engman writes fluently, action oriented, and raw. This combination sets him apart from other authors in the Scandi genre. /…/ With X, Pascal Engman has positioned himself at the top of the list of a new Scandi thriller generation.”

    ThrillZone, Netherlands

  • “The chapters are short and change focus quickly between different characters and events which allows the reader to never lose interest in this page-turner, where Engman weaves realism and fiction together in a highly dramatic, fast-paced and well-plotted story about absolutely ruthless people and their desire for money and power.”

    BTJ, Sweden

  • “Revealing about gangsters in Nordic elite soccer.”

    Adresseavisen, Norway

  • “Pascal Engman has become even better at describing the current times, not just thrilling but with a deep understanding for people.”

    Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

  • “Pascal Engman’s X is a novel about an important subject, and it is a highly recommended read.”

    Bok365, Norway

  • “Pascal Engman has, as usual, created a superb page-turner.”

    Aftonbladet, Sweden

  • “Absolutely everything lines up in this super strong Swedish crime novel about match fixing and illegal gambling.”

    Verdens Gang, Norway

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Author
Pascal Engman
Published
2022
Genre
  • Crime
  • Thriller
Pages
623
Reading material

Swedish edition

Rights sold

Denmark, People's

Finland, WSOY

Netherlands, Volt

Norway, Gyldendal

Sweden, Bookmark

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