Don't go into this novel expecting "Dawn of the Dead" or you are going to be disappointed. It's not a Horror novel in the tradition sense of Zombie horror.

What you get is an extremely well written, sad novel about death and how it affects the living (especially if they knock on the door wanting to move back in).

It follows the trials of a group of families hit by tragedy and what happens when their loved one (wife,grandson and husband/grandfather) suddenly reappear, whilst in the background the government hunts for a scientific explanation and others turn to religion.

It may not hit the heights of "Let the Right one in", but it is an very good novel in it's own right. ( )

Wandered down Charing Cross Road in London on Monday afternoon and popped into Any Amount of Books, one of the last good secondhand booksellers on the street, and found this in the reviews and proofs in the basement. Started reading a couple of days ago and since then I've hardly put it down, it's one of the most gripping yarns I've read in years. No matter that the premise is basically daft - the dead, or more accurately those who've only been dead a few weeks, come back to life, or something akin to life, in Stockholm - it's for want of a better cliche, a page-turner. Thoroughly recommended. ( )