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End of Summer

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By Anders de la Motte
Series: Seasons Quartet
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End of Summer by Anders de la Motte explores the aftermath of a young boy's mysterious disappearance one summer in a small Swedish village. Years later, his sister returns, driven by her desire to uncover the truth behind that fateful day. As she delves into the past, buried secrets threaten to unravel, challenging her understanding of family and community.
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You might like this book if you enjoy psychological thrillers with atmospheric settings and complex characters. It weaves a suspenseful story that delves into long-buried family secrets and mysteries, perfect for readers who appreciate intricate plots and unexpected twists.

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The second standalone mystery from Sweden's answer to Val McDermid, set in southern Sweden.

The second standalone mystery from Sweden's answer to Val McDermid, set in southern Sweden.

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‘For fans of the hugely successful CWA Gold Dagger-winning The Dry by Jane Harper’ - Vaseem Khan

‘One of Sweden's most talented crime fiction authors’ - Erik Axl Sund

You can always go home. But you can never go back...

Summer 1983: Four-year-old Billy chases a rabbit in the fields behind his house. But when his mother goes to call him in, Billy has disappeared. Never to be seen again.

Today: Veronica is a bereavement counsellor. She's never fully come to terms with her mother's suicide after her brother Billy's disappearance. When a young man walks into her group, he looks familiar and talks about the trauma of his friend's disappearance in 1983. Could Billy still be alive after all this time?

Needing to know the truth, Veronica goes home - to the place where her life started to fall apart.

But is she really prepared for the answers that wait for her there?

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  • End of Summer
    ‘For fans of the hugely successful CWA Gold Dagger-winning The Dry by Jane Harper’ - Vaseem Khan ‘One of Sweden's most talented crime fiction authors’ - Erik Axl Sund You can always go home. But you can never go back... Summer 1983: Four-year-old Billy chases a rabbit in the fields behind his house. But when his mother goes to call...
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    Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and diaries written by a father for his youngest daughter, with stunning artwork by Anselm Kiefer. Knausgaard unearths the mysteries of the commonplace. — Observer In Summer, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about long days full of sunlight, eating ice cream with his children, lawn sprinklers, and...
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End of Summer by Anders de la Motte is praised as an absorbing and atmospheric crime novel with strong characters and a suspenseful plot. Critics describe it as a masterpiece of crime fiction, comparing it to the works of Henning Mankell and Jussi Adler-Olsen. The novel is noted for its delicate and perceptive writing, delivering endless thrills and maintaining tension throughout.

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ISBN: 9781785768231

Publisher: Zaffre

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zaffre

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 364g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

ANDERS DE LA MOTTE is the bestselling author of the 'Seasons Quartet'; the first three books of which have all been number one bestsellers in Sweden and have been shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Anders, a former police officer, has already won a Swedish Academy Crime Award for his debut, Game, in 2010 and his second standalone, The Silenced, in 2015. To date, the first three books in the 'Seasons Quartet' have published over half a million copies. Set in southern Sweden, all four books are standalones.

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