alsterdals third novel, ‘let me take your hand’, was awarded the prize for the best crime novel by the swedish crime writer’s academy in 2014. the novel is set in the stockholm suburb that the author grew up in, jakobsberg, and in argentina where a swedish woman disappears during the military dictatorship in the 1970s. “an elaborate and linguistically nuanced weave of mystery and contemporary history” read the motivation for the award.