Anabolic — Richard James

A crime thriller based in Western Swedish written by an English author with a passion for nordic-noir.

The story...

How far will a sect go to hide the truth…?

A man crawls out of a drainage pipe alone and desperate in the middle of a forest fleeing for his life. Emaciated, injured and terrified he sets out to get revenge but the clock is ticking...

Four years later, Johanna Jensen, a forensic scientist, starts investigating a series of disappearances and murders. Her efforts are hampered, however, by her own family, hell-bent on keeping a family secret...

Cesar Jacobsson is a henchman and a psychotic killer. He preys on gay men using Ringr, a dating app. But his use of anabolic steroids is causing him to make mistakes and the Swedish Police Authority are starting to close the net...

The investigation leads Johanna into the world inhabited by the 'Knights of Scandia', an elite group guarding a terrifying truth, a truth they will go to any lengths to protect...