Reviews

• “Johan Theorin belongs to the group of suspense writers that excel in exploring the grey zone. While the crime genre is becoming ever more weighed down by stock imagery, Theorin’s horror laced crime novels have gone in the opposite direction ever since his debut in 2007: towards an uncertain terrain where the veil between worlds are thin, and dusk rules both in and outside of man. /…/ The style is direct and spare, the intrigue intricate: nothing is quite what it seems to be”

• “Theorin is a master of style in how he writes to create suspense and mystery”

• “The Voices Beyond /…/ is the sharpest piece Johan Theorin has written to date – precisely because he’s now learned to trust that the suspense will carry without having to be pointed out. Like an icy exhalation it creeps up from behind, then from the side, and – finally – stares us straight in the eye as it enfolds the world in its arms”

• “Yes, it is a drama about fate, but it is also family epos and a quiet class drama where all involved must fight for survival but the poor inevitably lose out. /…/ As in his earlier novels, Johan Theorin navigates on the boundaries of the ghost story: he is masterful as he utilizes its form to construct his atmosphere of terror”

• “The novel in other words functions on several levels at once with abrupt turns, and Theorin skillfully steers it to its finish”

• “A milestone in Nordic crime fiction”

• “Theorin is a master of combining the hair-raising with suspense and interesting stories /…/ an intense tale that’s very hard to put down”

• “A powerful title”

• “A must-read crime novel for those who not only want to tremble from excitement, but also think and feel with the characters”

• “The Voices Beyond is a worthy final to the Öland Quartet, and one of the best Scandinavian crime novels in existence”

• “The Voices Beyond has everything a good thriller needs: a credible plot, an exciting story, good historical and topographical information and no premature judgments.”