Reviews

• “A page-turner!”

• “The author duo writes a dense and forceful prose that keeps the reader nailed to the short and chiseled chapters. It’s relentlessly suspenseful and realistic thanks to the credible character portrayals and insightful depictions of the worlds a criminal like Leo moves in. One couldn’t wish for a better start to the crime fiction year of 2017!”

• “A current, important and immortal story.”

• “A truly powerful and exciting thriller, but most of all it’s a novel about brotherhood, loyalties and blood ties.”

• “Hard-boiled entertainment.”

• “[The Sons] is intensely thrilling and thought-provoking at the same time.”

• “The Sons is more multifaceted than most novels in the crime fiction genre.”

• “The alternating narration, with its changes of tempo, is efficiently utilized in this story about masculinity, exploitation and revenge. Anders Roslund & Stefan Thunberg write stringently and engagingly. ”

• “Thanks to the authors’ skill in changing things up and constructing convincing details for every story, the result feels original. /…/ Roslund & Thunberg rise above the crowd in the Swedish and international thriller literature. ”

• “A tragedy reminiscent of The Godfather.”

• “The Sons is simply a page-turner where you want to get to the end and the resolution as quickly as possible.”

• “The line between police and criminal, right and wrong, and bad and good is unusually blurry, and it’s precisely that which, together with the strong bonds of loyalty between the main characters in the novel, makes this thriller highly worth reading.”

• “The author duo manages to both build up tension and create a gripping story about a couple of individuals who are struggling to adapt to everyday life.”

• “The novel is brimming with an excellent sense of timing and set-ups, heartbreaking empathy, and a ferocious inspiration that will give rise to the feeling of “we want more, more, and even more”.”

• “Three brothers’ bonds are put to the ultimate test in this well-written and nerve-racking thriller.”

• “A suspenseful and well-written psychological crime fiction novel.”

• “An extremely brutal and realistic novel, very well-written and with an intriguing plot.”

• “Actual bank robberies, the planned bombing of Stockholm’s Central Station, and the largest weapons theft in northern Europe’s history inspired the events in this superb finale of the Dostoyevskian saga that began with 2016’s The Father. /…/ Seldom in fiction have a father’s sins been so brutally visited on sons as in this shattering tribute to the terrifying complexity of familial life and love.”

• “Based on an actual series of events, this absorbing, often heartrending tale reads like superb narrative nonfiction, with disturbing images of domestic violence and ice-cold criminality.”

• “While the story of Leo’s planning and execution of the four-part heist and Broncks’ pursuit of him is certainly interesting enough on its own, Svensson’s subtle comparison between the two adversaries with regard to their lives and personalities is equally as riveting. The line between cop and criminal here is a thin one indeed. /…/ The results make for a quick, suspenseful and propelling read that, like The Father, will appeal to fans of true crime and police procedurals.”

• “Not only is The Sons an excellent thriller, it is also an examination of family relationships, of the toxic damage done by child abuse and domestic violence.”