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An accidental slip of a blade...
A tragic incident on the operating table leaves a patient damaged for life and leads a young surgeon to abandon his profession as a physician... Now, years later, a series of senseless, gruesome murders are rocking the same medical community.
Then murderous revenge...
The weapon? A surgical scalpel. But who exactly is preying on these victims? And why? What does this grisly pattern reveal? And who will be the one to stop it? Special prosecutor Jana Berzelius, who has her own dark secrets to hide, is in charge of the investigation. What she can’t know, until she is finally closing in on the murderer, is just how her own mother’s recent death is intimately connected.
This intricately plotted and relentlessly suspenseful medical thriller keeps everyone guessing until the bitter end.
Marked for Life
Marked for Revenge
Slowly We Die
Emelie Schepp
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018
Copyright © Emelie Schepp 2018
Swedish Edition © 2016 by Emelie Schepp
English Edition © 2018 by Emelie Schepp
Published by arrangement with Grand Agency
Translation by Suzanne Martin Cheadle
Emelie Schepp asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9781474050944
Praise for International Bestselling Author Emelie Schepp
On Marked for Life
“A stellar first in a crime trilogy.... Schepp couples an insightful look at the personal and professional lives of her characters with an unflinching multi-layered plot loaded with surprises.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A fast-paced thriller with a good blend of police procedural, the draw of a ninja-strong female lead, and enough adrenaline to make a good night’s sleep a near impossibility.”
—Booklist
“Move over, Jo Nesbø.”
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“Intriguing.... The challenging, multi-layered heroine makes it worth the read.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“An exceptional novel.... The author has done a great job with the characters, and readers will want to continue reading this trilogy to see how these cliff-hangers are going to play out.”
—Suspense Magazine
“One mind-blowing thriller.... It will keep readers guessing and thirsty for more.”
—Manhattan Book Review
On Marked for Revenge
“In Swedish author Schepp’s outstanding second novel,
[she] sure-handedly brings her characters to unhappy life in a police procedural that lays bare the most sordid aspects of immigrant-related crime.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Emelie Schepp is rapidly securing her place as the master of the ensemble police procedural novel.... Make time to read Marked for Revenge in one sitting. The pages just fly by.”
—Bookreporter
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