Synopsis
'A fast-paced thriller . . . An impressive debut' - FINANCIAL TIMES
The incredible thriller about a codeword, an extraordinary murder - and the detective who must solve both to stop a deadly plot fifty years in the making. Geiger is the perfect read for fans of I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
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The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'.
For decades, Agneta has always known that this moment would come, but she is shaken. She knows what it means.
Retrieving her weapon from its hiding place, she attaches the silencer and creeps up behind her husband before pressing the barrel to his temple.
Then she squeezes the trigger and disappears - leaving behind her wallet and keys.
The extraordinary murder is not Sara Nowak's case. But she was once close to those affected and, defying regulations, she joins the investigation. What Sara doesn't know is that the mysterious codeword is just the first piece in the puzzle of an intricate and devastating plot fifty years in the making . . .
Praise for Geiger:
'Exciting, extremely clever, incredible. An instant classic' - TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY
'An astonishing, assured and terrifying debut . . . Remarkable' - DAVID YOUNG, author of STASI CHILD
'Tense enough that your muscles will ache by the end' - HELEN FIELDS, author of PERFECT REMAINS
'An intriguing masterpiece that keeps you guessing right to the end' - Jo, Netgalley Reviewer
*Translated from Swedish by Ian Giles*
Publisher information
- Publisher: Zaffre
- ISBN: 9781838773687
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 243 x 168 x 38 mm
- Weight: 666g
- Languages: English
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Really exciting
The book starts with a lovely family scene. Grandparents have been looking after their grandchildren while their daughters have a holiday. As the children ... READ MORE
Cracking debut
Don’t want to say much about the plot-line per se or events which follow as this would spoil the readers enjoyment. It is though a wonderful blend of histo... READ MORE
Captivating and Intriguing
I absolutely adored this, it captivated me from the get-go. I was wondering what the word 'Geiger' meant from the beginning and it all fell into place. It ... READ MORE
Intriguing
The question on the back of the book sets a really interesting tone. Set in Sweden, Gustaf Skördeman’s gripping debut novel combines a number of interlinke... READ MORE
Not for me on this occasion...
#GEIGER
By Gustaf Skordeman
- The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'. For decades,... READ MORE
Great book
I loved this book as the plot was fast paced at the start and throughout with a large amount of twists and turns. As this book was written originally in a ... READ MORE
Wow explosive action
This was exciting and hooked me into the story from the start.
The scene is set when a family are saying goodbye after a visit, the phone rings and a regul... READ MORE
Wow explosive action
This was exciting and hooked me into the story from the start.
The scene is set when a family are saying goodbye after a visit, the phone rings and a regul... READ MORE
Espionage at its finest
What would make a loving wife, mother, and grandmother shoot her husband of many years in the head and then walk out of the house and leave her whole life ... READ MORE
Intriguing
This book is unlike anything I've ever read! The premise of it was completely fresh for more which is what I loved about it. Although we have a different p... READ MORE
Brilliant and complex thriller
Easily one of the best books I've read this year.
There are so many things to love about this but my top three are:
1. The number of female characters... READ MORE
Not for me
Unfortunately I really struggled to get into this book and decided to stop reading it after around 100 pages, which I very rarely do. The book has a very s... READ MORE
Powerful cold war drama with a twist
The novel is set in Sweden and revolves around Sweden’s involvement in the cold war but told primarily from the current day. The main characters are Agneta... READ MORE
A Book of Two Halves
Hearing one word down the phone set Agneta off on a killing spree. Sounded exciting and it was, until it got very confusing.
Agnetas daughter's were som... READ MORE
Death at the Hands of a Sleeper
I've always been intrigued by the idea of 'sleepers', spies who infiltrate an enemy country, become a member of that society, and act only when they receiv... READ MORE
Excellent
I love a good spy thriller and was excited about this from when I first read the blurb. I wasn't disappointed, it's a great book that really kept me guessi... READ MORE
Intriguing concept
Our story begins with grandmother Agneta Broman waving off her daughters and grandchildren after a seemingly ordinary family get-together, but what happens... READ MORE
Intersting begging
Personally the cover isn't very appealing to me, it just seems like a generic mystery design. Would have definitely liked to see something more original.
... READ MORE
Great book
I was not disappointed when I opened this book and started reading it. It was definitely one of those books that I found difficult to put down as I just wa... READ MORE
Nordic Noir thriller
Oh wow! if ever there was an opening chapter to entice readers to discover more, then this is it! Spies, Nordic Noir and some good old fashioned tradecra... READ MORE
I liked it
I enjoyed reading this thrilling story called Geiger by Gustaf Skordeman. I thought it was an interesting storyline based in Sweeden. We follow the family ... READ MORE
Spy games
I received a free copy of this book from Readers First in exchange for an honest review.
For much of the book, I was swaying between whether to go with a... READ MORE
Two Women. Two Worlds. One Word.
Everything is about decisions. Decisions we are forced to make. Or decisions we choose to make. Either way, with each and every one of them, our lives chan... READ MORE
Interesting concept
The book Geiger by Gustaf Skördeman has a great blurb that really got my attention. The blurb alone tells me that it’s going to be a good crime or thriller... READ MORE
amazing
This book is a masterpiece the way it draws you in and leaves you with so many questions and stays in your mind for days to come it was such a compelling p... READ MORE
Not for me
Unfortunately I really struggled to get into this book and decided to stop reading it after around 100 pages, which I very rarely do. The book has a very s... READ MORE
Good
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. My thanks go to readers first, the publisher and the author.
This book drew me i... READ MORE
Great Debut
Sisters Lotta and Malin return to collect their children from their parents home after a trip away. As the final sister is leaving the landline rings, her... READ MORE
Very good book
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in conspiracies about the Cold War focusing on Sweden, East Germany and the USSR. I didn't know muc... READ MORE
Gripping story
What a belting opening! Dotting Agneta lovingly waved her grandchildren goodbye as they left, after she and her husband of more than 50 years had looked af... READ MORE
Gripping
With a sticker on the book describing it as “For Fans Of I Am Pilgrim”, a book I loved, how could I resist? And this proved to be a real page-turner - it r... READ MORE
Not For Me
The blurb on the back of the book sounded really good and I really thought that I was going not be able to put this book down. I was intrigued and excited ... READ MORE
Thrilling
GEIGER is a surprising novel which retains the ‘small’ while dealing with big, potentially cataclysmic post-cold war themes. By that I mean that, while man... READ MORE
Good spy thriller
The story opened with a scene when lovely grandchildren are leaving Browman's house. When all of them are going, Agneta received a mysterious phone call. O... READ MORE
Poorly written and drawn-out Cold War spy thriller set in Sweden - very hard going!
The plot is highly convoluted and entails a large number of indistinguishable individuals with Swedish names that don’t quite slip of the tongue and went i... READ MORE
Spies
This was such a shame for me. My first impressions were that I thought “this is going to be good!” Lots of different story lines and characters, coupled wi... READ MORE
Hard
I found this book so hard to get into, my mind just wandering off from it.
Stellan was now an old man but when he was young he had been a really well known... READ MORE
Hooked from page 1
Sara is a police officer who deals with prostitution.
Growing up her mother cleaned a house belonging to uncle stellen who was very famous.
His wife shoots... READ MORE
A good spy thriller
Geiger starts with a thrilling sequence of events in which grandmother Agneta kills her husband of many years, Stellan, and we are left wondering why. The ... READ MORE
Intriguing
A page turner of a story, beginning as it does with the minutiae of a families life and then something totally unexpected happens. The reader is drawn to f... READ MORE
Interesting background
I was really intrigued with this book after the first few paragraphs. A seemingly ordinary old couple, looking after grandchildren and waving them off lovi... READ MORE
Full of twists this turns
I was drawn to this book with the description. Sara Nowak and her partner David work for the police. You get an insight into the cold war with lots of secr... READ MORE
Highly recommended
This is the first novel I have read by this author and it is outside my normal reading genre but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I was drawn to it because of the... READ MORE
Mixed feelings
I am really torn into how to review this book. I was expecting a spy thriller and in some respects this was a good example of it.
However I really feel th... READ MORE
Geiger by Gustav Skordeman
Geiger by Gustav Skordeman was an Interesting and intriguing spy story, going back many years and then the plot and characters meeting up again for the fi... READ MORE
A little slow in places
This is an engaging debut, with a cleverly interlinked plot. I enjoyed this book, and the two parallel stories of Agenta and Sara, but in places I found it... READ MORE
Enjoyable
I was lucky enough to receive a early copy of this book from Readers First.
Not my normal type of read but the blub intrigued me.
The phone rings the calle... READ MORE
Twisty
This is a book full of characters, twists and turns. We start with grandmother Agneta receiving a phone call which results in her shooting her husband, tv ... READ MORE
An intriguing and enjoyable debut novel.
Why would hearing just one word on the telephone cause Agneta, a loving wife and mother and a doting grandmother, to immediately go into the living room an... READ MORE
Very Good
Geiger begins with grandma Agneta Broman waving off her daughters and grandchildren after a family gathering. No sooner are the family out the door, when A... READ MORE
Slow but a good story
I liked the story and think it would make a great movie, but it was a little slow going and I do feel like I have been reading it forever.
It starts with... READ MORE
A little bit different
I could easily describe this book in one word: Astonishing!
From ab unassuming start with the family all together to the phone call all seems well from th... READ MORE
War based thriller
This book isn't the type of book I would normally pick and it took me a while to get into the story however once I did I found this book really interesting... READ MORE
A terrific adventure featuring two determined women
A thriller set in contemporary Sweden with a fast paced plot, based on old crimes and present threats, Geiger begins with a trigger that sets off a whole t... READ MORE
Spy thriller heavy on history and politics
Uncovering the reason why Agneta shoots her husband is entertaining, but I struggled with the rest of it. However, if you enjoy history and politics along ... READ MORE
Who Can Be Trusted ?
Espionage, secrets, surprises, double crossing and twists and turns, this book has it all. If you like a good spy thriller, you will enjoy this fast paced,... READ MORE
An explosive, complex thriller
Gustaf Skördeman’s Geiger begins with a phone ringing. Agneta Broman is waving goodbye to her grandchildren. After answering the phone she hears one word.... READ MORE
Full of twists this turns
I was drawn to this book with the description. Sara Nowak and her partner David work for the police. You get an insight into the cold war with lots of secr... READ MORE
The Cold War, Deception, Espionage, Terrorism
This is an enjoyable tale, which is actually difficult to write about without giving too much away. Here’s what I can say:
We join Agneta and Stellan Broma... READ MORE
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