Stockholm, 1793. A mutilated corpse rises from the rancid waters of the Larder, a grotesque puzzle that could unravel the city itself. With the monarchy collapsing and whispers of conspiracy everywhere, the investigation falls to Cecil Winge, a brilliant lawyer whose health is failing, and Mikel Cardell, a cynical watchman drowning his past in drink.
Together, they descend into Stockholm’s underworld: thieves’ dens, brothels, workhouses, and palaces alike, where corruption festers behind every door. Each clue peels back another layer of the city’s rot, revealing lives destroyed by greed, cruelty, and desperation.
Time is running out—for Winge’s body, for Cardell’s soul, and for justice itself. This is no simple murder. It is Stockholm laid bare, in all its blood, brilliance, and ruin.
