Three Seconds

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He leads a double life. One with a beloved wife and two small boys,  a family he will protect no matter what the cost. And another, secret life in which he every single day risks losing everything

He is forced to seize control of one of Sweden’s maximum security prisons, from the inside. It’s an operation assigned by the police force. And by the Polish mafia. He realizes he is on his own, can trust no one, and that from the moment his double play is revealed he will become a huge liability for police and mafia alike. He calls himself Paula and he knows he could be dead in just three seconds.

Three Seconds is an intensely suspenseful thriller where people in all positions of society are put to the test. This is Roslund & Hellströms fifth novel starring Police Superintendent Ewert Grens. Roslund & Hellström’s previous novels have won several awards and great critical acclaim , and reached a large audience. Their books have been translated into seventeen languages and are currently being adapted for the screen.

Foreign Rights

Tre Sekunder | Sweden | Piratförlaget
Tre Sekunder | Denmark | Rosinante
Tre Secondi | Italy | Einaudi
Drei Seconden | Netherlands | De Geus
Germany (under translation) | Fischer
Norway (under translation) | Cappelen Damm
Poland (under translation) | Albatros
UK & Commonwealth (under translation) | Quercus

Roslund & Hellström are in a league of their own.
They write about a cold, violent world that most of us know nothing about. And with such devilish skill and engagement that I read their nearly 600-page book in one sitting.”

Aftonbladet
Release date: 20 May 2009
Original title: Tre Sekunder