Bad Blood, Arne Dahl
Bad Blood, Arne Dahl
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Bad Blood
A Crime Novel

Author: Arne Dahl, Rachel Willson-Broyles

Series: Intercrime

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2013


Synopsis

In Arne Dahl’s riveting follow-up to Misterioso, the Intercrime team is assigned the task of tracking down an American serial killer on the loose in Sweden—quietly, and as quickly as possible.
 
When a Swedish literary critic is found tortured to death in a janitor’s closet at Newark International Airport, the police realize that the murderer made off with the victim’s ticket and boarded a flight to Stockholm. Swedish authorities are placed on high alert, but the killer manages to slip through the customs dragnet and vanishes into the night.
 
With no clear motive in sight, Detectives Paul Hjelm and Kerstin Holm of Intercrime’s A-Unit take over the investigation. They learn that the method of torture used was not only a highly specialized means of extracting information secretly developed during the Vietnam War—allowing the victim to whisper, but not to scream—but also that it was the modus operandi of an allegedly deceased homicidal maniac known only as the Kentucky Killer.
 
As additional victims are discovered on the outskirts of Stockholm and the terror grows, the team finds itself coming up empty-handed. Hjelm and Holm fly to New York, hoping to discover both the killer’s identity and the source of his interest in Sweden. What they quickly learn, searching through the past, is that bad blood always comes back around.

About The Author

ARNE DAHL is an award-winning crime novelist and literary critic. He lives in Stockholm.(Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles.)


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 16, 2021

In this 2nd book in the 'Intercrime' series, the Swedish detective squad is on the trail of a vicious serial killer. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Stockholm's Intercrime Unit A squad deals with serious crimes that extend beyond Sweden's borders. As this book in the Nordic crime series op......more

Goodreads review by David on October 16, 2013

This better second book, after Misterioso, was written in the pre-dawn of the current century and it has to be read with that awareness. It is Swedish, and so I think that awareness must also include the residual shock surrounding the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, a crime witho......more

Goodreads review by Χρύσα on October 14, 2016

H δεύτερη περιπέτεια της Ομάδας Α περιλαμβάνει και αρκετή δράση στην απέναντι πλευρά του Ατλαντικού. Ένας Αμερικανός serial killer έρχεται στη Σουηδία και στο "Αρχηγείο" σημαίνει συναγερμός,όταν αποκαλύπτεται πως έχει ήδη βρει τα πρώτα του θύματα επί ευρωπαϊκού εδάφους. Η Ομάδα Α αναλαμβάνει να τον α......more

Goodreads review by Cynnamon on June 15, 2022

English version below ************** Auch Band 2 der A-Gruppen-Reihe lässt uns uns am Ende mit Resignation auf internationale politische Machenschaften und die damit einhergehenden gesellschaftlichen Verwerfungen blicken, An einem amerikanischen Flughafen wird ein schwedischer Fluggast von einem amerik......more

Goodreads review by Dimitris on June 05, 2018

''Bad Blood'' is, in my humble opinion, one of the best books of ''A-Gruppen'' (or ''Intercrime'') saga even though it is only the second installment in the series. The elite team of policemen is facing a unique, for the Swedish standards, case involving an American serial killer known as ''The Kent......more


Quotes

International Praise for Arne Dahl and Bad Blood
“With dizzying speed Arne Dahl has climbed to the throne of Swedish crime literature. . . . His work is characterized by impartiality, lighthearted humor, epic flow, and poetic precision.” —Dagbladet Information (Denmark)
 
“One of this year’s most intense thrillers.” —GT (Sweden)
 
“A highly professional crime novel, and an insightful and thought-provoking social satire.” —Jyllands-Posten (Denmark)
 
Bad Blood succeeds due to its clear motive and suspense. It expertly weaves together the American involvement in Vietnam with the current unfolding events in Iraq.” —Aftenposten (Norway)
 
Praise for Misterioso
“Terrific. . . . Full of twists and turns, blind alleys and sudden assaults, procedural hassles and stakeouts.” —The Providence Journal
 
“Absorbing . . . A dark, tense thriller.” —Newark Star-Ledger
 
“Dahl has created a brilliant character and a terrific story. This is a classic cop-shop tale of the old school.” —The Globe and Mail (Canada)