Inspector Maja · Book 1 · Stockholm, Sweden
Perfect Attachment
Two bodies fused together with a chemical compound. 36 hours before the feds take over. And Maja hasn’t slept since Tuesday.
Julien St. James’s first offering in his Inspector Maja series pierces the limits of humanity, as Detective Maja Norberg and her partner, Sven Svensson, are entangled in a string of gruesome murders unfolding in Stockholm, Sweden.
When a middle-of-the-night call brings Maja to a horrifying crime scene — two bodies fused together with a chemical compound, brutally murdered, and arranged to be discovered — she realises this is a case like none other, the kind that will “follow her home… [and] sit at her kitchen table during her solitary dinners, [whispering] to her in the small hours when sleep refuse[s] to come.”
As more bodies are found — and the media dubs the culprit “The Adhesive Killer” — Maja and Sven have just 36 hours to solve the case before the feds take over.
“Intense Swedish thriller exploring research, ethics, and human attachment.” — Booklife
Praise
“Intense Swedish thriller exploring research, ethics, and human attachment.”
— Booklife
“Detective Maja Norberg is sharp, vulnerable, and incredibly easy to root for as she uncovers layers of obsession hidden behind Stockholm's polished academic world. Intelligent, creepy, and emotionally charged.”
— Amazon reader
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