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A chilling new Nordic Noir series from the author of The Find

From the author of The Find series comes PAINTER, the first book in the gripping new nordic noir series, The Stockholm Killings.

In the frozen heart of a Stockholm winter, a new terror stalks the night. Families are being slaughtered, their bodies arranged in grotesque parodies of classical art—horrific masterpieces staged for Inspector Stefan Eklund to find. Haunted by his own past traumas, Eklund is thrust into leading a new elite unit, partnered with the sharp, ambitious Delara Holm and the unsettlingly brilliant forensic psychologist, Dr. Torre Nylander.

Their only lead is a man found drifting near a desolate lake, covered in blood that isn't his, his memory wiped clean. Is he the sole survivor of the killer's twisted game, or the architect of his family's demise hiding behind a fractured mind?

As Eklund’s team delves deeper, they uncover connections to disturbing artworks and a killer who views murder as creation. But the case forces Stefan to confront the very demons he’s tried to bury. Can he decipher the killer’s macabre gallery of death before becoming consumed by his own darkness, and before another family becomes the next exhibit?

It’s a good story but the virtual voice is hard to take.

The virtual voice is difficult to listen to. The story is good, but I was immediately turned off by the robotic voice.