
The Secret HistoryΒ meetsΒ The Alice Network in this riveting tale of murder and conspiracy in Sweden during WWII by critically acclaimed author Cecilia EkbΓ€ck.
It is 1943 and Swedenβs neutrality in the war is under pressure. Laura Dahlgren, the bright, young right-hand of the chief negotiator to Germany, is privy to these tensions, even as she tries to keep her head down in the mounting fray. However, when Lauraβs best friend from university, Britta, is discovered murdered in cold blood, Laura is determined to find the killer.
Prior to her death, Britta sent a report on the racial profiling in Scandinavia to the secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jens Regnell. In the middle of negotiating a delicate alliance with Hitler and the Nazis, Jens doesnβt understand why heβs received the report. When the pursuit of Brittaβs murderer leads Laura to his door, the two join forces to get at the truth.
But as Jens and Laura attempt to untangle the mysterious circumstance surrounding Brittaβs death, they only become more mired in a web of lies and deceit. This trail will lead to a conspiracy that could topple their nationβs identityβa conspiracy some in Sweden will try to keep hidden at any cost.
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