by Johan Theorin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788205388635
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«Skumringstimen» is the mystery novel by Johan Theorin, published by Gyldendal in paperback (411 pages, in Norwegian).
A child disappears without a trace on Öland in the early seventies. Twenty years later, his mother, Julia, returns to the island at the call of her father, Captain Gerlof, who has received a child's shoe in the mail. There, the legend of Nils Kant surfaces, a feared man who disappeared long before and whom some claim to see at dusk.
First installment of the Öland Quartet (Ölandskvartetten). Work published in Swedish in 2007; this Norwegian edition is from 2009. Winner of the CWA New Blood Dagger.
For readers of Nordic crime fiction and stories with an island setting.
Johan Theorin is a Swedish journalist and author. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. His mother’s family—sailors, fishermen and stone cutters—have lived there for centuries, nurturing the island’s legacy of supernatural tales and folklore.
