The third hard-hitting Harry Kvist thriller - fresh out of prison, Harry's friend is dead, and the trail of guilt leads all the way to Hitler's Germany.Stockholm, 1936. Harry Kvist, a bisexual ex-boxer now plying his trade as a debt collector, is bitter, angry and more alone than he has ever been. When his friend, Father Gabrielsson, is found brutally murdered by the altar Katarina Church, it doesn't look as if the police are interested in finding the culprit. So Kvist decides to do it himself.As he investigates he uncovers a trail leading all the way to Nazi Germany where fascists are plotting a takeover in Sweden. But does Kvist have the strength to go to the final round with them on his own?

November, 1935. Harry Kvist walks out the gates of Langholmen jail into another biting Stockholm winter. He has nothing to his name but a fiercely burning hope: that he can begin a new life with the lover he met in his cell. That he can leave behind his old existence of gutter brawls, bruised fists and broken bones. That he can finally go straight.But the city has other ideas. Nazis are spreading their poison on the freezing streets, and one of Kvist's oldest friends has been murdered. Before he can leave Stockholm's underworld for good, he must track down the killer. As Kvist uncovers a trail of blood leading to the highest echelons of Swedish society, the former boxer finds himself in a fight to the death with his most dangerous opponent yet.

An ultra-gritty piece of contemporary Swedish noir, set in a decrepit, highly atmospheric 1930s Stockholm that is a far cry from the modern, egalitarian capital city of today. Harry Kvist, the perfect fall guy, becomes the primary suspect in a murder. The only witness certain to get him acquitted, a prostitiute named Sonja, disappeared without a trace. While he searches for Sonja, Harry must evade the law and also the real killer(s) who framed him.Stockholm, 1932. Harry Kvist is a bisexual former boxer, scarred by both poverty and alcoholism, now working as a debt collector. One night the debtor Zetterberg is murdered, after one of Kvist's house calls. Kvist becomes the main suspect, a perfect fall guy complete with a sordid past and previous dealings with the law. The only witness certain to get him acquitted is Sonja, a prostitute, who has disappeared without trace.In an attempt to clear his name, he sets out on a hunt through the poverty-stricken capital city,...