A killer who frames his crimes in perfect symmetry. A city caught in his clock.

Tova Lindström's illustrations have always been fiction — until her latest pages begin predicting real murders. Each scene mirrors a vantage point somewhere in the city, down to the angle of light and the position of the bodies.

Detective Jonas Falk has seen killers plan, but never like this. Twelve crime scenes unfold like the hours on a clock face, each captured in a frame of glass, water, or steel — and always just out of reach.

As the hours count down, Tova's father's old photographs reveal a connection between her family and the man behind the lens — the one they call the Watchmaker. The final frame will bring them together at the river's edge... unless Jonas can shatter the symmetry before the hour strikes.

But when the brass frame falls, the pattern doesn't end. It expands. And the first point of the next cycle is already in place.

The Clockmaker's Eye is a slow-burn Scandinavian-style thriller that blends psychological suspense with procedural grit — perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson