{"product_id":"blood-song-1","title":"Blood Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe action swings from London to Sweden, and then back into the past, to Franco’s Spain, as Roy \u0026amp; Castells hunt a monstrous killer … in the latest instalment of Johana Gustawsson’s award-winning, international bestselling series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Historical sections highlight, in distressing detail, the atrocious treatment of mothers-to-be in Franco’s Spain … A satisfying, full-fat mystery’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Assured telling of a complex story’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Gustawsson’s writing is so vivid, it’s electrifying. Utterly compelling’ \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spain, 1938:\u003c\/b\u003e The country is wracked by civil war, and as Valencia falls to Franco’s brutal dictatorship, Republican Therese witnesses the murders of her family. Captured and sent to the notorious Las Ventas women’s prison, Therese gives birth to a daughter who is forcibly taken from her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFalkenberg, Sweden, 2016:\u003c\/b\u003e A wealthy family is found savagely murdered in their luxurious home. Discovering that her parents have been slaughtered, Aliénor Lindbergh, a new recruit to the UK’s Scotland Yard, rushes back to Sweden and finds her hometown rocked by the massacre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Profiler Emily Roy joins forces with Aliénor and soon finds herself on the trail of a monstrous and prolific killer. Little does she realise that this killer is about to change the life of her colleague, true-crime writer Alexis Castells. Joining forces once again, Roy and Castells’ investigation takes them from the Swedish fertility clinics of the present day back to the terror of Franco’s rule, and the horrifying events that took place in Spanish orphanages under its rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrifying, vivid and recounted at breakneck speed, \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a riveting thriller and an examination of corruption in the fertility industry, but a shocking reminder of the atrocities of Spain’s dictatorship, in the latest, stunning instalment in the award-winning Roy \u0026amp; Castells series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘French novelist Johana Gustawsson writes novels of startling originality. \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e [is] truly horrifying’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Her sleuths tracking a monstrous killer, transporting us from modern-day fertility clinics in Sweden to the abuses of Spanish orphanages under the brutal rule of General Franco … a truly European thriller’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Gritty, bone-chilling, and harrowing – it’s not for the faint of heart, and not to be missed’ \u003cb\u003eCrime by the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A relentless heart-stopping masterpiece, filled with nightmarish situations that will keep you awake long into the dark nights of winter’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Emotional and atmospheric’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Intricately plotted, visceral and emotional the author ramps up the tension and the unfolding keeps the reader guessing to the very end. Scenes are raw, vivid and gripping’ \u003cb\u003ePromoting Crime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I don’t think there’s a crime writer who writes with such intelligence, darkness and deep sadness as Johana Gustawsson. This was extraordinary’\u003cb\u003e Louise Beech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e caught and has held onto my thoughts, it is clever, provocative, and a seriously good read’ \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A fascinating and engrossing read, but also one that I found intensely harrowing, deeply intimate and which made me cry’ \u003cb\u003eLive \u0026amp; Deadly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A real page-turner, I loved it’ \u003cb\u003eMartina Cole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Cleverly plotted, simply excellent’ \u003cb\u003eRagnar Jónasson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A must-read’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Bold and audacious’ \u003cb\u003eR. J. 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