Therese witnesses the murder of her family as Franco's dictatorship takes hold in 1930s Spain, and is then taken to prison where she gives birth to a daughter who is taken from her. In Sweden, 2016, a new Scotland Yard recruit, a profiler and a true crime writer head after a prolific killer, sending them the way of Spanish orphanages in the first half of the twentieth century.

Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science, Johana Gustawsson has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy & Castells series, including Block 46, Keeper and Blood Song, has won the Plume d’Argent, Balai de la découverte, Balai d’Or and Prix Marseillais du Polar awards, and is now published in nineteen countries. A TV adaptation is currently underway in a French, Swedish and UK co-production. The Bleeding – a number one bestseller in France and the first in a new series – will be published in 2022. Johana lives in London with her Swedish husband and their three sons. Follow Johana on Twitter @JoGustawsson