Stockholm Delete

A lawyer, an ex-con, and his nephew team up to solve a grisly murder in this explosive crime novel by internationally bestselling Swedish author Jens Lapidus. 

Emelie: a newly minted lawyer at a polished law firm. Teddy: an ex-con trying to stay on the right side of the law as he goes about his job as the firm's fixer and special investigator. Nikola: Teddy's wayward nephew who is about to make the same mistakes he once did. They don't know it yet, but the three are about to be entangled in a snarly web with deep connections to Stockholm's underworld.

When an alarm is triggered, a security guard is called to a house out on Värmdö, an island in Stockholm's archipelago. What awaits him isn't a regular break-in, but an unidentifiable body: someone has been slaughtered in the house. A severely wounded young man is discovered near the crime scene. He is arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder. Emelie secretly takes on the task of acting as his defence lawyer, despite her employer's disapproval. Who is the murder victim? And why do all the trails lead to Mats Emanuelsson, the man Teddy once kidnapped? As Emilie begins to covertly investigate the case, Teddy is forced to confront his past and help his nephew. Soon the three have been caught up in a high stakes game promising dire consequences for them all.

Jens Lapidus is a criminal defense lawyer who represents some of Sweden’s most notorious underworld criminals. He is the author of the Stockholm Noir trilogy, three of the bestselling Swedish novels this past decade: Easy Money, Never Fuck Up and Life Deluxe. He lives in Stockholm with his wife.