The Swimmer: A Novel
Feb 2015 · Harper Collins
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With the “intensity of a Jason Bourne adventure,” this thriller about a spy racing to save the daughter he gave up is a “page-turner with unexpected heart” (Kirkus Reviews).
Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.
But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn’t have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.
“Truly polished and compelling. . . . But it is the depth of Zander’s characters and the quality of the writing, which at times touches elegance, that make The Swimmer a winner.” —Booklist, starred review
“Page turning . . . [This] hypnotic first book is already drawing comparisons to the work of famed spy novelist John le Carré.” —Entertainment Weekly
“[Zander is] a smart, fluid observer.” —New York Times Book Review
“Entertaining . . . [the] novel owes more to Forsythe and Ludlum than to Larsson and Mankell. . . . it’s easy to see why this thriller has been a bestseller in Europe.” —Publishers Weekly
Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.
But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn’t have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.
“Truly polished and compelling. . . . But it is the depth of Zander’s characters and the quality of the writing, which at times touches elegance, that make The Swimmer a winner.” —Booklist, starred review
“Page turning . . . [This] hypnotic first book is already drawing comparisons to the work of famed spy novelist John le Carré.” —Entertainment Weekly
“[Zander is] a smart, fluid observer.” —New York Times Book Review
“Entertaining . . . [the] novel owes more to Forsythe and Ludlum than to Larsson and Mankell. . . . it’s easy to see why this thriller has been a bestseller in Europe.” —Publishers Weekly
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3.8
16 reviews
Neal Gielstra
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14 May 2015
Characters slow to develop, the dead of one of the main characters too unexplained leaving me hanging.
Bonnie Hardin
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26 July 2015
Bang! Excellent.
Mimi Berry
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22 September 2016
Interesting
About the author
Joakim Zander was born in Stockholm, has lived in Syria and Israel, and graduated from high school in the United States. He earned a PhD in law from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has worked as a lawyer for the European Union in Brussels and Helsinki. Rights to his debut novel The Swimmer were sold in twenty-eight countries. Zander lives and works in southern Sweden with his family.
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