From the author of the Wallender mysteries – one of the most impressive crime writers at work today

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October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerges from the Stockholm Archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board is Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings for the Swedish Navy. He is obsessed with measurement and precision, instincts reflected in his comfortable but cold relationship with his wife.

Close to where the soundings are taken, Lars rows out to a barren reef, and discovers a young woman there. Despite her almost feral appearance, Sara stirs something in him.

The mission is a success and the Svea returns to Gothenburg. Lars, however, remains haunted by this chance encounter, and feels compelled to return…