The Faceless Victim

A shining new addition to the plethora of stars of Swedish crime fiction - Stefan Ahnhem's series of dark detective novels is a success in twenty-six countries. HELP CAN BE CRUEL, BUT IT'S PERFECT Two mutilated corpses. Two former classmates. And a thirty-year-old class photo with their faces crossed out was found on both of them - a message for Fabian Risko. Stockholm detective Fabian Risk has just returned to his native Helsingborg. He joins the local crime department and immediately upon arrival he is assigned a case of those brutal serial murders. And it's no coincidence - Fabian's face is also in the school picture. Memories of childhood begin to emerge. Memories of which Fabian is not too proud. One of those long-ago events sparked someone's murderous hatred - and a cruel desire for perfect revenge...