Used book – The Scream, Nicolas Beuglet

A terrifying countdown, with a shocking truth for humanity at its core.

A few kilometers from Oslo, the Gaustad psychiatric hospital looms darkly among the snow-covered pines. Called to the scene of a suicide, Inspector Sarah Geringën immediately senses that something is amiss. Patient 488, so named for the scarred numbers on his forehead, is frozen in death, a silent scream on his lips – a cry of primal fear. Subjected to an relentless countdown, Sarah will uncover a dizzying truth about one of the questions that haunts us all: life after death...

"Nicolas Beuglet has supercharged his pen: the chapters unfold like electrifying scenes at a frantic pace." Marie Rogatien – Le Figaro Magazine

"A thriller you can't put down until you've finished it, it's so captivating." Marina Carrère d'Encausse – France 5

This work received the Polar des Petits Mots des Libraires award, the Prix du Roman Populaire, the Prix des Nouvelles Voix du polar, and the Prix Polar en Nivernais.