Three Seconds -

Roslund and Hellström

Quercus

2009

512 páginas

17h 4m

ISBN-13: 9781849161503

Three Seconds (original title: Tre sekunder) is a dark, award-winning thriller by the Swedish crime-writing team of Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström. First published in Sweden in (2009), it was translated into English in 2010. The novel deals with criminals in contemporary Sweden, the Police and Probation Officials who monitor these offenders, and the government who wants to use them as undercover operatives. Throughout, the story cross-cuts between characters, giving alternating points of view of Piet Hoffman, a former criminal turned double agent; his handler, Erik Wilson; Ewert Grens, a determined detective whose efforts to solve a case threaten to expose Hoffman; and officials from various agencies involved in Hoffman’s operation.