The Andalucian Friend

May 1, 2025 9:29 PM

Author:Alexander Soderberg,Neil Smith,Gildart Jackson

Hector: Lover. Killer. Crime lord.

Lars: Stalker. Policeman. Addict

Jen: Ex lover. Arms dealer. Hero?

Sophie: Nurse. Mother. Victim?

Living a quiet life in the suburbs, Sophie Brinkmann is captivated by the handsome and sophisticated Hector Guzman. She has no idea that beneath Hector’s charm lies something far more dangerous. Hector is the head of an international crime syndicate. He is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants now is the total annihilation of his rivals.

Before she can fully grasp the extent of Hector’s world, Sophie is trapped within it. Her house is under surveillance, her family is at risk. Hector is at war – with Russian hit men, South American drug traffickers, German gangsters – and now Sophie is too.

But who can she trust when even the people who have sworn to uphold the law are as dangerous as those dedicated to breaking it? If Sophie is to get out alive, and with her integrity intact, she will have to summon everything within her to navigate this intricate web of moral ambiguity, deadly obsession and ruthless killers.

Reviews

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

Widescreen, bone-crunching crime fiction

—— Siobhan Murphy , Metro

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

—— Claire Allfree , Metro

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

—— Scott Smith, author of The Ruins

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

—— Västerbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)

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

—— Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden)

Brennan is a winner, and so is Reichs

—— Daily News

A truly impressive writer

—— We Love This Book

An astonishing debut . . . Hobbs is up there with the best . . . a masterpiece

—— Guardian

Smoking-fast . . . the debut of a gifted crime writer who will only get better

—— New York Times

A pulse-pumping heist thriller

—— Rolling Stone

Neville's third outing confirms him as the king of Belfast noir

—— John O'Connell , Guardian

A stir-fry of death and addiction

—— Tom Adair , Scotland on Sunday

Scary, but always humane

—— Joan Smith , The Sunday Times

This guy can write.

—— James Ellroy

Neville has the talent to believably blend the tropes of the crime novel and those of a horror, in the process creating a page-turning thriller akin to a collaboration between John Connolly and Stephen King...

—— The Sunday Independent

A brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach-churningly frightening.

—— The Observer

A no-frills thriller that barrels along at a ferocious pace, pausing only to offer the occasional nod to 1970s paranoid classics such as William Goldman's Marathon Man.

—— Declan Burke , Irish Times

Stuart Neville's third novel effortlessly exceeds the high expectations created by the first two installments... Stuart Neville's latest novel is a thrilling masterpiece. From its gripping and well paced plot to its well defined and intriguing characters, Stolen Souls is a powerful novel, which does not shy away from exploring the new literary landscape for Northern Irish fiction.

—— Kellie Chambers , Ulster Tatler

Belinda Bauer's thrillers are always compelling, always original, always brilliant. I will rush to read anything she writes

—— Mark Billingham

Bold and original, Rubbernecker draws you into unexpected psychological territory with its sophisticated, fast-paced story. A thought-provoking page-turner you won't be able to put down.

—— KOETHI ZAN, author of The Never List

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