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The Swimmer by Joakim Zander

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Also by Joakim Zander:

The Friend, July 2019
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The Believer, January 2017
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The Swimmer, February 2015
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THE SWIMMER
By: Joakim Zander

Harper
February 2015
On Sale: February 10, 2015
Featuring: Klara Walldeen
432 pages
ISBN: 0062337246
EAN: 9780062337245
Kindle: B00KFG16DE
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Suspense | Thriller

A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thrillerβ€”an international sensation billed as β€œHomeland meets Stieg Larsson” that heralds the arrival of a new master sure to follow in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson, John Le CarrΓ©, and Graham Greene.

In the end, you cannot hide who you are.

Klara WalldΓ©en was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.

But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn’t have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.

Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.

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Morning Edition - May 22, 2015