![]() ![]() The vibrant capital of Sichuan Province is suddenly held hostage when an anonymous vigilante known as Eumenides declares war against a corrupt legal system, with Eumenides acting as judge and executioner. "For Stieg Larsson fans, a new voice.a stunning debut.Like Umberto Eco's novel is a cerebral, immersive page-turner a moral heft reminiscent of works by Graham Greene.Plenty of twists to satisfy thrill-starved readers." - The Washington Post The Wolf and the Watchman brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead-all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. ![]() Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell's help to solve the case. ![]() ![]() One morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm's Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. ![]()
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