The first in a major new trilogy that promises to set bestseller lists alight across the world. The Andalucian Friend introduces us to an intricate, exhilarating crime web that engulfs all who are caught up in it

Imagine The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos, then crank up the intrigue and rip off the knob. Alexander Soderberg has penned an awesome thriller you won't want to miss -- Brad Thor, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of Black List One of the many wonderful things about Alexander Soderberg's novel, The Andalucian Friend, is how it upsets our expectations. His cops act like gangsters, while his gangsters (some of them) attain a startling sort of nobility. Soderberg has created an entertaining, engaging, and wonderfully bloody-minded world. He's a great storyteller. It's that simple -- Scott Smith, Author Of The Ruins An unpredictable and breathlessly suspenseful, taut and well-written thriller... A timeless saga about the struggle between good and evil... Utterly brilliant Vasterbottens-Kuriren (Sweden) I haven't read such a captivating, relentlessly suspenseful thriller as The Andalucian Friend in ages Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden) This book is practically made for a film adaptation... Even though it's full blast from start to finish, the author succeeds in creating animated and credible characters. Excruciatingly suspenseful DAST Magazine (Sweden)

Alexander Soderberg (b. 1970) previously worked as a scriptwriter and story editor for Swedish television, where he worked on the adaptations of well-known crime novels as well as drama and sitcoms. The Andalucian Friend is Alexander Soderberg's debut novel and the first part of a trilogy featuring Sophie Brinkmann. Publishers Weekly dubbed The Andalucian Friend "book of the fair" at the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, where foreign rights to the entire trilogy were sold in frenzied auctions across the world.