Men ikke hvis det gælder din datter by Jan Guillou

In English on the book
After leading the Palestinians to a short-lived victory against Israel, Hamilton is exiled to Russia since the Americans under the George W. Bush regime has declared him an enemy and a terrorist. When he can no longer stay in Russian, after having refused a demand from president Vladimir Putin to become a commander of brutal Russian military operations, he returns to Stockholm in order to have his old murder conviction reconsidered in court. Acquitted, he begins a new retired life in the company of new and old friends, but when a small child is kidnapped by Saudi Arabian terrorists he must once again take up arms and lead another military operation.

In English on the series
The Carl Hamilton novels is a book series by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou centered on the fictional Swedish spy Carl Hamilton. The main character is an elite military officer working for the Swedish Security agency and Intelligence agency during the end of the Cold War, residing in Stockholm but active internationally.

På dansk om bogen
Efter tretten år i eksil vender viceadmiral Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton tilbage til Sverige for at få omstødt sin livstidsdom. Gennem sin gamle ven Erik Ponti havner han i en omgangskreds, hvor de nærmeste venner er tidligere oberst i Fremmedlegionen, Pierre Tanguy, og hans kone, chefpolitiinspektør Ewa Tanguy.
Både Carl Hamilton og Pierre Tanguy er fuldstændig overbevist om, at de aldrig nogensinde mere vil gribe til våben. Men det nye behagelige og fredelige liv får en brat afslutning den dag, en katastrofe rammer familien Tanguy.
Carl Hamilton anvender al sin gamle kunnen som spionchef, og Pierre mobiliserer vennerne fra Fremmedlegionen. Deres mål befinder sig i Saudi-Arabien.
“Men ikke hvis det gælder din datter” er en dramatisk og aktuel bog, som problematiserer den uhellige alliance mellem USA og Saudi-Arabien i terrorisme-spørgsmålet. Storpolitiske intriger og private relationer krydser hinanden i en intens historie, hvor Jan Guillous thrillerhelte mødes.

Turning MAM a little more Danish – one book at a time. #13