Tobias is an author, and after publishing short stories and poetry, has seen his first detective novel published. Now struggling to write another, he is called to his boyhood home, a farm, because his father has fallen from the hayloft, severely injuring himself, and help is needed. He returns home, setting the stage for a series of events that are astonishing.
To begin with, Tobias is drawn to his elderly father’s much younger wife. Then, he encounters a part-time hand who taunts him as being a soft city person. And a woman who attended school with him, who now runs a riding academy, asks him to stay and work for her while writing his novel. The interplay of all these characters results in most unexpected consequences.
The Swedish author has published more than 25 novels, specializing in psychological thrillers and sudden murder resulting in the tension from the viewpoint of the murderer. The novel has been translated into nine languages, with good reason, and is recommended.
