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Winner of The Glass Key Crime Novel Award 2005 'A tale of tragedy and revenge that is truły gripping, and all the morę horrifying because this kind of thing can happen anywhere'

GUARDIAN

Two children are found dead in a basement. Four years later their murderer escapes from prison. The police know if he is not found guickly, he will kill again.

But their worst fears come true and another child is murdered in a nearby town. In an atmosphere of hysteria, Fredrik Steffansson, the father of the murdered child, decides he must take revenge. His actions will have devastating consequences. As anger spreads across the whole country, the two detectives assigned to the case find themselves caught up in a situation of escalating violence.

Likened to the works of both Hitchcock and le Carre, THE BEAST is a powerful and timely exploration of what can happen when we take the law into our own hands.

ISBN 0-3*9-118*9-3

Crime Fjction U.K. £7.99 CAN $17.00

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