The First Book in the Brinkmann Trilogy

The Andalucian Friend

The Godfather for the 21st century. The Andalucian Friend is a major international thriller about an intricate crime web that engulfs all who are caught up in it.

Imagine The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos, then crank up the intrigue and rip off the knob. Alexander Söderberg has penned an awesome thriller you won't want to miss

Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black List

The Scandi movement towards literary world domination gathers apace with the first in a trilogy from Swedish scriptwriter Alexander Söderberg…it already feels tailor made for TV

One of the many wonderful things about Alexander Söderberg's novel, The Andalucian Friend, is how it upsets our expectations. His cops act like gangsters, while his gangsters (some of them) attain a startling sort of nobility. Söderberg has created an entertaining, engaging, and wonderfully bloody-minded world. He’s a great storyteller. It’s that simple

An unpredictable and breathlessly suspenseful, taut and well-written thriller... A timeless saga about the struggle between good and evil... Utterly brilliant

I haven't read such a captivating, relentlessly suspenseful thriller as The Andalucian Friend in ages

Will be devoured by those who like their books like blockbuster movies – packed full of car-chases and underground drug dens

Alexander Söderberg previously worked as a scriptwriter and story editor for Swedish television, where he worked on the adaptations of well-known crime novels as well as drama and sitcoms. 
 
The Andalucian Friend is Alexander Söderberg's debut novel and the first part of a trilogy featuring Sophie Brinkmann.

When Sophie Brinkmann meets Hector Guzman, she knows everything that she needs to: he’s handsome, he’s charming and he makes her happy. 
 
 But what she doesn’t know is that Hector has some nasty friends, some even nastier enemies, and an unscrupulous police operation relentlessly following his every move. 
 
 With her house under surveillance by the law and her life under threat from drug traffickers, gangsters and hitmen, Sophie must decide who she can trust – and whose side she really wants to be on.

Alexander Soderberg

Neil Smith

This suspense novel is truly well-written - the language is easy to follow, has a flow, and caught me right from the get–go; I had a terribly hard time putting the book down, for which reason I finished it in record time. A pure pleasure /…/ this is true top–notch entertainment!

How far would you go to protect your family? 
 
 Sophie Brinkmann was once an ordinary woman. A dedicated nurse, a grieving widow, a single mother to a beloved teenage son. And then she fell in love with a major crime lord. 
 
 When he was left in a coma after a brutal attack by his rivals, it was Sophie who had to take control of his empire and negotiate with vengeful mobsters, cunning detectives and charismatic arms dealers. 
 
 But now their rivals are closing in on them and Sophie is caught up in a game where the rules are constantly changing, where loyalty and friendship are meaningless. 
 
If she and her son are to get out of this alive, she has to find her inner strength – and her inner darkness.

Alexander Soderberg

Praise for The Other Son

This suspense novel is truly well-written - the language is easy to follow, has a flow, and caught me right from the get–go; I had a terribly hard time putting the book down, for which reason I finished it in record ...

Books by Alexander Soderberg

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