A young man wakes up in the morning. Soon he discovers that he has slept for not just a night, but a day and a night - and that he has been doing things the day when he was asleep. But he can't recall anything from the lost day.

Jeremiah Karlsson (f. 1986) har med sin roman "Tystnadens älskare, stjärnornas vän" introducerat en ny typ av deckare i Sverige, socialtjänstdeckaren, där socialtjänstens arbete med att utreda familjer och barn står i centrum.