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Three Seconds: Ewert Grens 4

Anders Roslund (author), Börge Hellström (author)

Paperback Published on: 22/10/2026

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Synopsis

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ROSAMUND PIKE AND CLIVE OWEN

'Extraordinarily compelling' Daily Mail
'Destined for the big screen' Daily Mirror 'Three Seconds is just about how long it feels it takes to read Three Seconds . . . Terrific' Time
Out

WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER. NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER.
SCANDINAVIAN CRIME DOES NOT GET MORE EXPLOSIVE...

ONE MURDER.

Piet Hoffmann is the Swedish police force's best undercover operative. Not even his family know of his double identity. Yet when a drug deal with the Polish mafia goes fatally wrong, his secret life begins to crumble around him.

TWO MEN.

Detective Inspector Ewert Grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware of Hoffmann's true identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath.

THREE SECONDS.

Hoffmann must desperately maintain his cover; else he is a dead man walking. But, in the doggedly-perceptive Ewert Grens, he has just made the most relentless of enemies.

Can't get enough of DCI Ewert Grens? Then check out Cell 8, named by the Sunday Times as one of the 60 Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 6 Years.

Publisher information

Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781529453232
Number of pages: 640
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Languages: English

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Tense and gripping

Understandably, Quercus are promoting Three Seconds on the back of their big success with the Stieg Larrson trilogy. While both are Swedish and focused on ... READ MORE

William Lawrence

A darkly scorching read - Well worth it

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Ruth Sherratt

Great Book

I really enjoyed this book although I was drawn to buy it by an advert which said 'The new Steig Larsson' and I don't think it is as good as the Millennium... READ MORE

Sandranufc

Three Seconds

This is my first dive into the Swedish Crime fiction, I did find it incredibly confusing for the first 100 pages, The pace of the writing is very fast and ... READ MORE

Helen Turnbull

Three Seconds

I wanted to read this as I am a fan of Henning Mankell. I was a little disappointed with Three Seconds to be honest. Granted it was action packed and well ... READ MORE

Angie Scarth

Three Seconds - Very disappointing.

I wanted to read this as it has won Swedish Crime Thriller and I am a fan of Swedish and Nordic crime (Mankell, Nesbo, Larsson, Theorin, etc) as well as be... READ MORE

Angeljune

Three seconds too long

Bearing in mind I received this book and was expected to write the review in 6 days I thought it would be difficult but not impossible but I was mistaken. ... READ MORE

B Patel

Don't believe the hype

Like some of the other reviewers I received this book rather late and I really struggled to finish it. There are a lot of great Swedish authors, including ... READ MORE

Adam Madge

Disapointing

I got this book quite late and have not been able to finish this book yet. I was really looking forward to reading this book but couldn't really get into t... READ MORE

Titch

A slow burner - gets warmer the longer its on!

Any fan of quick, seemingly unrelated sequences segueing into one another rapidly will immediately feel at home with the first half of this thriller. For m... READ MORE

Jonathan Ling

Spellbinding Read

'Three Seconds' - Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom are the Winners of the Swedish Crime Novel of the Year with this offering from the publishers of Steig... READ MORE

Ron Hancock

Intelligent Thriller

This is a thriller for those who, like me, don't normally read thrillers. From the start it grips the reader by the neck and doesn't let go. Piet Hoffman i... READ MORE

SallyJenkins

Deceit double dealing and danger

Deceit double dealing and danger sum up the ingredients of this book. The hero, if that's a reasonable term, is manoeuvred and manipulated by all sides whi... READ MORE

Becky Hughes

briiliant read

This book was very good the only thing i would say is if you find the first chapter hard going PLEASE perserve it is definetley worth continuing. i think y... READ MORE

shoegirl

Worth Sticking With

As with any book that has been translated, there are bound to be some areas that still cause problems for the language barrier. With "Three Seconds" I foun... READ MORE

Kate McCormack

Three Seconds

Great Swedish crime writers seem like buses you wait for ages for one and then a load come together and Roslund and Hellstrom are up theree make no mistake... READ MORE

Pablo1878

Compelling and morbidly fascinating

I initially thought this book might be a bit grim and depressing, but found it a compelling and morbidly fascinating read. It describes the underworld of ... READ MORE

Helen

A Good Read

For me this started out with everything against it. Due to a family wedding I was pushed for reading time, I'd found my previous journey into Swedish Crime... READ MORE

Peter H

Overlong and episodic

This `International Bestseller` would be appropriate for fans of `The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo` and `Wallender` series. However, for someone who has not... READ MORE

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