There wasn't even a gravestone. With a shovel, he began to dig into the moldy soil. Then he cut through the thick plastic and revealed the body with the vacant eyes. A tag with a black five-digit number was stitched to its forehead. The ninth grave concealed only hatred. Nine years later...

The Minister of Justice of Sweden exits Parliament and disappears into the snowstorm. On that same icy night, on the other side of the Baltic, an unknown intruder breaks into the home of a famous Danish TV presenter, and his wife is found dead.

Behind the shadows of winter lurk two killers: a surgeon who meticulously dismembers his victims and a ruthless rapist. Inspector Fabian Risk and his Danish counterpart Dunia Hugorn try to piece together the nightmarish puzzle, unaware that the murder is only the beginning...

After Without a Face, The Ninth Grave is the new gripping thriller by Stefan Ahnhem featuring Inspector Fabian Risk.