Cell 8 by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom (2011-1st) Swedish Crime Novel HB/DJ

Quercus, London, 2011. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg. First UK Edition. Publishers number sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirms that this is a first printing. The Jacket is protected. There are no inscriptions and the Dust Jacket has not been price clipped, though there is a little pitting to the rear cover. \nJohn Meyer Frey rots on Death Row in Utah for murdering a girl when he was seventeen. His victim's father is desperate for revenge, while his prison guard is torn by feelings of compassion for the young man. Both of them see their hopes thwarted when the killer dies of heart disease before he can be either justly punished or attain redemption. Across the other side of the Atlantic a cheap crooner by the name of John Schwarz earns his daily crust on a ferry between Finland and Sweden. One night he sees a drunkard harassing several women and loses his temper, beating the man so badly that he ends up in hospital. The incident would normally y