El hombre invisible de Salem

Synopsis of El hombre invisible de Salem

«El hombre invisible de Salem» is the crime novel by Christoffer Carlsson, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback, with 400 pages, in Spanish.

Leo Junker, a suspended internal affairs officer in crisis after the death of his son, discovers one night the murder of a woman in the homeless shelter below his apartment. The victim holds an object with his fingerprints and, becoming a suspect, he undertakes an unofficial investigation that unearths his past on the fringes of Stockholm.

First installment in the Leo Junker series. Translated from Swedish by Carmen Montes; original title: «Den osynlige mannen från Salem». Won the 2013 prize from the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers.

For readers of Nordic noir and psychological thrillers, with a tormented protagonist and a gritty portrait of Stockholm.