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Top Dog

by Jens Lapidus
Vintage. Nov. 2018. 568p. ISBN 9780525431732. pap. $18; ebk. ISBN 9780525431749. THRILLER
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Swedish author Lapidus ("Swedish Noir" trilogy) is back with the latest in his jittery, gritty noir thrillers featuring lawyer Emelie Jansson and Serbian investigator and ex-con Teddy Maksumic, who are thrown back together after a previous partnership resulted in the busting of a child sex ring (Stockholm Delete). New evidence around one of the victims surfaces and reunites the two to continue their crusade against the shadowy cabal, which assassinates a major witness. Meanwhile, Teddy's nephew Nikola tries to walk a straight path working as an electrician, but the murder of his best friend, Chamon Hanna, and the discovery of a stash of drugs fuels his descent into the city's bleak underbelly. The two plots collide in a violent, scarring confrontation.
VERDICT Lawyer-turned-author Lapidus writes in a paranoid, introspective style of Scandinavian noir that may not have mainstream appeal but will please fans of James Ellroy or Jo Nesb.ø—Gregg Winsor, Johnson Cty. Lib., Overland Park, KS
Reviewed by Gregg Winsor , Nov 15, 2018
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