The Falling Detective

Leo Junker is back in the snake pit -- the nickname for the homicide unit -- after a long leave of absence due to his entanglement in a murder case where he'd been personally targeted by the perpetrator. He is still abusing prescription drugs and battling his inner demons, but he does his best to appear fit for duty.In early winter, a sociologist named Thomas Heber is found murdered in an alley in the centre of Stockholm. The only traces the police have to work with are Heber's cryptic research notes, which indicate that someone else's life is also under threat. But who?Leo is put on the Heber case, together with Gabriel Birck, his former antagonist in the force. That is hard enough, but when the case is abruptly taken from them and reassigned to the Swedish Security Service, Leo realises this is no ordinary street mugging.As the lens widens, Leo becomes immersed in a clash between racists and anti-racists who are waging a war on the streets and on the public stage -- and in the shadows.The Falling Detective is a troubling story of friendship across moral and political boundaries, where the lines between ally and enemy are blurred, and the past becomes interwoven with the present in a chilling way.