Selma Blanck, a prominent doctor and wife of Sweden's Minister of Justice, wakes up in a bloody bed in a boutique hotel in Gamla stan in Stockholm. Next to her lies a male colleague, brutally murdered. Their bodies bear witness to a night together, but everything else is shrouded in mystery. Who carried out the horrific ritual murder? And why?
Selma contacts her husband in panic, who quickly realises that a scandal could ruin their lives. He sends his best man to cover all tracks, but there are forces at play that go far deeper than either of them could have imagined.
Detective Inspector Árni Wolf, a seasoned investigator who favours unconventional methods, is assigned to the case. As he begins to dig into the murder, riddled with secrets and power plays, a sinister picture emerges. The question is, will Wolf have time to find the elusive killer before ‘The Conductor’ strikes again?
“The Conductor” will be the first installment of Ivener’s new crime series about Detective Àrni Wolf, to be published in the autumn 2025.
One frosty morning in Marh, six-year-old Majken disappears without a trace outside her home in Söder, Stockholm. Inspector Árni Wolf, who previously worked with child investigations, is quickly assigned to the case.
That same evening, a blond seven-year-old, a Danish girl is found after being hit by a car on a country road just outside the city. She appears to have fled barefoot in her thin summer dress through the forest. She whispers a name: Majken.
As inspector Wolf deals with the loss of a loved one and his own stubborn OCD demons, he is racing against time. He must find Majken at all costs and solve the case before more girls get hurt. The clues soon lead him down unexpected paths and a perpetrator worse than anything he could have imagined emerges from the shadows.
“The disappearance” will be the second installment of Ivener’s new crime series about Detective Àrni Wolf, to be published in the spring 2026.
