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Swedish crime at its best---dark, atmospheric, and chilling
St. Martin's Press Minotaur
September 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 0312351577
Hardcover
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Mystery
The island of Gotland is in the middle of a busy tourist
season and getting ready for Midsummer, the 4th of July of
Swedish holidays, when a young woman and her dog are found
brutally murdered. The dog has been beheaded and is
missing a paw; the woman is naked, covered in gruesome axe
wounds, and her panties have been stuffed in her mouth. What looks like a crime committed by the victim's jealous
husband keeps the local police force on their toes. Then a
second victim is found. A serial killer terrorizes
tourists and locals alike, and Inspector Anders Knutas has
to face additional pressure from the media and local
politicians who are worried about bad PR for the island. In his quest for the murderer, he is aided by Johan Berg,
an intrepid young journalist from Stockholm who has been
sent to cover the incidents and who gets involved with
Emma, one of the first victim’s close friends. Three women
die before Knutas and Berg, each approaching the case in
their own way, finally close in on the killer, who has
always, until now, been the one unseen by everybody.
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