Easy Money

From one of Sweden's most successful criminal defense laywers comes an unflinching look at the twisted justice of Stockholm's underworld. Jorge Barrio is a drug dealer who's in jail again after his accomplices ratted him out to the police in order to save their own hides. Meticulously, he plots his revenge and soon stages a daring escape from prison. Meanwhile, JW, a student working part time as a cab driver is having trouble keeping up appearances with the rich party crowd he follows and so desperately wants to be a part of. And Mrado-the muscle behind a Yugoslavian mob boss-who cracks fingers with one hand and strokes his daughter's cheek with the other, is growing tired of being to go-to man for all the dirty work without any reward. Yet, as the three become intertwined in their efforts to carve out their own niches in the world of coke-dealing and organized crime, the stakes get higher, the money rolls in faster, and police and gang members alike close in on the game.

Fast-paced with pitch-perfect dialogue, Easy Money is a raw, dark, and intelligent crime novel that has placed Jens Lapidus in the company of Sweden's most acclaimed crime writers.