The Night Singer

The scars from a family tragedy draw an estranged police detective back to her childhood home as a teenage boy's death quickly causes the past to collide with the present.Police detective Hannah Duncker didn't expect to return to her native Öland. She fled after her father's murder conviction and returns to make peace with her shame. She has a new job with the local police and a nosy new partner. A fifteen-year-old's death catapults her into a murder investigation that resurrects ghosts from her previous life. As she hunts for the truth, she must confront the people she abandoned. Not all are pleased to see her back home, and she soon learns that digging through the past comes with consequences.Author Johanna Mo crafts a breakneck island noir where secrets linger, guilt stains, and collective memory is long and unforgiving. Propulsive and poignant, The Night Singer explores the fallout of when good people do bad things.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: Already a bestseller in Sweden and slated to publish in more than 16 territories including Headline (Hachette, UK).TOP-NOTCH CRIME WRITING: The Night Singer, a meticulously plotted mystery, surges with a steely verve, generating an engrossing atmosphere that heightens the tension and deepens our investment in the characters.FIRST INSTALLMENT OF TRILOGY: We've already committed to the series' next two novels, so we will be able to build off the book's success and retain avid fans into the future.