Three Seconds
Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström's thriller about a double agent and the Stockholm detective whose case threatens to expose him.
Three Seconds came out in Sweden in 2009 and in English in 2010. It follows Piet Hoffmann, a former criminal turned double agent, his handler Erik Wilson, and detective Ewert Grens, whose efforts to solve a case could expose Hoffmann. The novel won the 2011 CWA International Dagger for the best translated crime novel published in the UK, and the 2019 film The Informer is based on it. This SilverOak edition dates from 2011.
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