An accidental slip of a blade...

Then murderous revenge...

A patient's accidental maiming leads a young surgeon to abandon his profession...

Now, ten years later, a series of gruesomely senseless murders are rocking the medical community. The weapon? A surgical scalpel.

Who is preying on these victims? What does the grisly pattern reveal? And who will be next? Special prosecutor Jana Berzelius is in charge of the investigation. What she can't know until finally closing in on the murderer is how her own mother's recent death is intimately connected.

For fans of Tess Gerritsen and Patricia Cornwell, an intricate medical thriller that keeps everyone guessing.

2017 SWEDISH CRIME WRITER OF THE YEAR

'Schepp may be the smoothest storyteller among the new crop of Nordic noir aces...the ingenious plot reveals and hidden connections keep you glued to the action.' – Kirkus Reviews