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Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands and had lived in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying Law at the LSE and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden where he built a house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His debut novel, Dark Pines, was selected for Zoe Ball's Book Club, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize and named a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Red Snow was published in January 2019 and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards, 2019. Black River was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Award in 2021. The Last Thing to Burn was released to widespread acclaim in January 2021. First Born was published in 2022.Just finished Will Dean's Bad Apples. A delicious return to Tuva
Ann Cleeves
Fiendish, funny, scary as hell. Bad Apples is the stand out in a truly outstanding series
Chris Whitaker
Bad Apples is a chilling outing for Tuva Moodyson - unsettling from beginning to the very end, but leavened with dark humour. A compelling thriller that devoted fans and new readers will adore
Jane Casey
Finished Bad Apples by Will Dean and all I can say is...there aren't words. Talk about DARK
Blue Book Balloon blog
Swedish reporter Tuva Moodyson, who wears hearing aids, takes to the hills where the isolated and inbred town of Visberg can be found at the end of a long and winding road
The Times
Bad Apples is noir at its very best... If you like "heart in your mouth" reads that will keep you up all night with all the lights on, then this is for you
Guernsey Press and Star
[Tuva] is admirably resilient, full of warmth and humour... Her travails may well give sensitive readers nightmares, but that's a small price to pay for spending time in her exhilarating company
Literary Review
The fourth in the excellent series of Tuva Moodyson thrillers
Choice
A brilliant read
Bella
Chilling
Crime Monthly magazine
That ending! I highly recommend if you need something to get your teeth into
Lancashire Post
For those who want their crime fiction to be at its darkest... If you enjoyed Midsommar, Bad Apples is a tale you'll be intrigued by
Buzz magazine
There's always been something dark about the Tuva Moodyson thrillers, but this one really howls at the moon... You might now find yourself screaming out loud, so best beware reading in public places! The last page left me in shock
Peterborough Telegraph
It only takes one...
A murder
A resident of small-town Visberg is found decapitated
A festival
A grim celebration in a cultish hilltop community after the apple harvest
A race against time
As Visberg closes ranks to keep its deadly secrets, there could not be a worse time for Tuva Moodyson to arrive as deputy editor of the local newspaper. Powerful forces are at play and no one dares speak out. But Tuva senses the story of her career, unaware that perhaps she is the story...