{"product_id":"the-man-who-played-with-fire-stieg-larssons-lost-files-and-the-hunt-for-an-assassin-9781542092944","title":"The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating 'creative nonfiction' account of the greatest unsolved mystery in Swedish history.\" --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's more than just a thrilling book...There's a lot of evidence that points to an international conspiracy.\" \u003ci\u003e--CBS This Morning Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the Millennium novels laid out the clues. Now a journalist is following them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Stieg Larsson died, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e had been working on a true mystery that out-twisted his Millennium novels: the assassination on February 28, 1986, of Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister. It was the first time in history that a head of state had been murdered without a clue who'd done it--and on a Stockholm street at point-blank range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally known for his fictional villains, Larsson was well acquainted with their real-life counterparts and documented extremist activities throughout the world. For years he'd been amassing evidence that linked their terrorist acts to what he called \"one of the most astounding murder cases\" he'd ever covered. Larsson's archive was forgotten until journalist Jan Stocklassa was given exclusive access to the author's secret project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Played with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Stocklassa collects the pieces of Larsson's true-crime puzzle to follow the trail of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy begun by one of the world's most famous thriller writers. Together they set out to solve a mystery that no one else could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStocklassa, Jan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJan Stocklassa is a Swedish writer and journalist focusing on large-scale conspiracies in international politics. In his books, Stocklassa uses a narrative nonfiction style to unveil unknown facts about important events in recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis breakthrough came with the critically acclaimed bestseller \u003ci\u003eStieg Larsson's Archive: The Key to the Palme Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, a narrative nonfiction book published in 2018 that has been sold in more than fifty countries and translated into twenty-six languages. Following its publication, Swedish police began actively pursuing the leads presented in the book in the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis professional career includes being a Swedish diplomat, launching the \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper in Prague, and collaborating as a journalist with major media houses in Sweden and abroad, as well as coproducing the movie and TV series \u003ci\u003eStieg Larsson: The Man Who Played with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon Crossing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50355329728786,"sku":"9781542092944","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2282ab85-b8a3-42ac-9bc1-3ed9d94f0fcc.jpg?v=1728298023","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-who-played-with-fire-stieg-larssons-lost-files-and-the-hunt-for-an-assassin-9781542092944","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}