Echoes from the Dead

Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the Baltic Island of Öland. His mother's family - sailors, fishermen and farmers - have lived there for centuries, nurturing the island's rich legacy of strange tales and folklore. A journalist by profession, Johan is currently working on the third novel.

"Evocative and haunting, with a subtle sense of menace that grows with each page" -- Simon Beckett, author of The Chemistry of Death "An impressive debut novel...Theorin's excellence in conveying bleak atmosphere is matched by his insight into sensitive family relationships" THE TIMES "Fantastic... Theorin's prose is wonderfully descriptive" GUARDIAN "There is warmth in Theorin's narrative and the gradual piecing together of the story leads to an unexpected denouement" SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Sheer storytelling grip such as this is relatively rare. A particular strength is the evocation of locale and atmosphere here; it is masterfully done" THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE