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''Literature/BellmanNoir'' is a is a trilogy of historical crime fiction, by [[SwedishMedia Swedish]] author [[AwesomeMcCoolname Niklas Natt och Dag]]. The three books are each titled after the year in which they are set:

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''Literature/BellmanNoir'' is a is a trilogy of historical crime fiction, by [[SwedishMedia Swedish]] author [[AwesomeMcCoolname Niklas Natt och Dag]].Dag. The three books are each titled after the year in which they are set:
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** In ''1797'' [[spoiler:Jarrick for Tycho Ceton.]]. He abandons [[spoiler:Ceton]] at the beginning of 1795.

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** In ''1797'' ''1794'' [[spoiler:Jarrick for Tycho Ceton.]]. He abandons [[spoiler:Ceton]] at the beginning of 1795.
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# ''1794'', ''The City Between the Bridges'' in English .

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# ''1794'', ''The City Between the Bridges'' in English .Bridges''.
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# ''1794'' (no English title as of April 2022).
# ''1795'' (no English title as of April 2022).

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# ''1794'' (no English title as of April 2022).
''1794'', ''The City Between the Bridges'' in English .
# ''1795'' (no English title as of April August 2022).


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** In ''1793'' [[spoiler:Magnus, a huge, vicious dog, functions as Johannes Balk's dragon]]. He's the one keeping [[spoiler:Blix from escaping. ]]

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** In ''1793'' [[spoiler:Magnus, Magnus, a huge, vicious dog, functions as Johannes Balk's dragon]]. [[spoiler:Johannes Balk's]] dragon. He's the one keeping [[spoiler:Blix [[spoiler:Blix]] from escaping. ]]escaping: The dog is given [[spoiler:Blix's]] scent, and [[spoiler:Blix]] is told that Magnus will be let loose if he tries to escape. The dog has a taste for human flesh, since [[spoiler:he's being fed the limbs that Blix amputate from Daniel Devall]]



** In ''1793'', it turns out that [[spoiler:Johannes Balk is the man behind Daniel Devall's mutilation]]

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** In ''1793'', it turns out that [[spoiler:Johannes Balk is the man behind Daniel Devall's mutilation]]mutilation, by buying up Blix's debt and]]



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[[spoiler:Johannes Balk is the man behind Daniel Devall's mutilation, by buying up Blix's debt and]]
** In ''1794'', we have [[spoiler:Tycho Ceton. ]]

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* * ''TheDragon''
** In ''1793'' [[spoiler:Magnus, a huge, vicious dog, functions as Johannes Balk's dragon]]. He's the one keeping [[spoiler:Blix from escaping. ]]
** In ''1797'' [[spoiler:Jarrick for Tycho Ceton.]]. He abandons [[spoiler:Ceton]] at the beginning of 1795.



** In ''1793'', it turns out that [[spoiler:Balk is the man behind 's mutilation]]

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* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes * ''CompleteMonster'': At least one per book.
** In ''1793'', it turns out
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** In ''1794'', we have [[spoiler:Tycho Ceton. ]]

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Their paths cross with Anna Stina Knapp's, a young girl unjustly sent to the workhouse for fornication, a crime [[IncorruptiblePurePureness she did not commit]]. Her paths, in turn, cross with a young medical student fallen on [[LoneShark hard times]].

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Their paths cross with Anna Stina Knapp's, a young girl unjustly sent to the workhouse for fornication, a crime [[IncorruptiblePurePureness she did not commit]]. Her paths, in turn, cross with a young medical student fallen on [[LoneShark [[LoanShark hard times]].
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From these four perspectives a tale of murder, depravity, revenge, abuse, need and despair is uncovered, in a filthy, grimy era that seem like miles from the splendor of Versailles.

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Night watchman Jean Michael "Mickel" Cardell, a war veteran who is himself lacking an arm, is the poor wretch tasked with retrieving the body from the foul waters.
Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMiserables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]] to do [[OneLastJob one last job]] despite his [[IncurableCoughOfDeath declining health]].

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Night watchman Jean Michael "Mickel" Cardell, a war veteran who is himself lacking an arm, is the poor wretch roused from his drunken slumber and tasked with retrieving the body from the foul waters.
waters. He leaves the body with a German undertaker and thinks his job done, but finds himself unable to let the victim's fate go.

Meanwhile,
Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMiserables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]] to do [[OneLastJob one last job]] despite his [[IncurableCoughOfDeath declining health]].
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Mickel Cardell, unable to forget the fate of the mutilated man, teams up with Cecil Winge in the hopes of bringing the unknown victim's killer to justice.

Their paths cross with Anna Stina Knapp's, a young girl unjustly sent to the workhouse for fornication, a crime [[IncorruptiblePurePureness she did not commit]]. Her paths, in turn, cross with a young medical student fallen on [[LoneShark hard times]].
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Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMiserables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution, or simply thought to be prostitutes]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]].

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Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMiserables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution, or simply thought to be prostitutes]], prostitution]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]].
detective]] to do [[OneLastJob one last job]] despite his [[IncurableCoughOfDeath declining health]].
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Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMisérables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution, or simply thought to be prostitutes]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]].

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Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMisérables [[Literature/LesMiserables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution, or simply thought to be prostitutes]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]].
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''Literature/BellmanNoir'' is a is a trilogy of historical crime fiction, by [[SwedishMedia Swedish]] author [[AwesomeMcCoolname Niklas Natt och Dag]]. The three books are each titled after the year in which they are set:
# ''1793'', known as ''The Wolf and the Watchman'' in English.
# ''1794'' (no English title as of April 2022).
# ''1795'' (no English title as of April 2022).

Stockholm during the final years of the 18th century is a [[WretchedHive wretched hive]]. King [[UsefulNotes/NotableSwedishMonarchs Gustav III]] has recently been murdered at a maskerade ball and his young son crown prince [[UsefulNotes/NotableSwedishMonarchs Gustav IV]], is too young to rule. Gustav III's ill-adviced war against Russia has emptied the State's treasuries, and what little remains is soon squandered by his underage son's greedy guardian, the de facto ruler of the nation.

Mistrust and paranoia run rampant. From France come rumors of [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution revolution]]. Life is hard, death is ever present, and blood runs as freely as the booze. As described under [[Music/CarlMichaelBellman Carl Michael Bellman]], from where the series takes its name, four major forces rule 18th century Stockholm; [[TrueArtIsAngsty angst]], [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex lust]], [[DrowningMySorrows booze]] and [[DeathIsDramatic death]], and these books have plenty of all.

[[AC:1793]]
In the autumn of 1793 a body is found floating in Fatburen (the Larder), a lake fouled with all manner of waste, human, animal and anything in between. The body is horribly mutilated, its tongue, eyes, arms and legs all cut off. Even worse, the wounds seem to have healed, meaning the man [[AndIMustScream was kept alive for months during the amputations]] and some time after.
Night watchman Jean Michael "Mickel" Cardell, a war veteran who is himself lacking an arm, is the poor wretch tasked with retrieving the body from the foul waters.
Stockholm's police force is occupied with chasing conspirators and revolutionaries, which the corrupt regime sees everywhere, and its watchmen rather arrest [[Literature/LesMisérables bread-stealing petty thieves and girls forced into prostitution, or simply thought to be prostitutes]], so the Chief of Police enlists Cecil Winge, a lawyer-turned-[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes consultant detective]].

[[AC:1794]]
A mother mourns her daughter, brutally killed on her wedding night

[[AC:1795]]
Jean Michael Cardell, one-armed and badly burnt, stalks the City between the Bridges at night, a vigilante doling out his personal form of [[CurbStompBattle justice]] to rapists, over-controlling fathers, pimps and others he find deserving.


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!! These books provide examples of:
* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.


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!! Episodes of this series provide examples of:
* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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