The debut thriller in the internationally acclaimed series – available for the first time in the United StatesA long-time number one bestseller in his native Sweden, ?ke Edwardson's profile was conspicuously raised when his novel Frozen Tracks was chosen as a finalist for a 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Until now, however, the novel that launched Edwardson's critically acclaimed Erik Winter series has never been available in the United States. With a new series translator who fully captures Edwardson's signature atmospheric style, Death Angels is America's introduction to Sweden's youngest Chief Inspector as he teams up with Scotland ...
From the land of the midnight sun, a compelling and dark thriller by a master of crime fictionThe autumn gloom comes quickly on the Swedish city of Gothenburg, and for Detective Inspector Erik Winter the days seem even shorter, the nights bleaker, when he is faced with two seemingly unrelated sets of perplexing crimes. The investigation of a series of assaults and a string of child abductions take Winter to "the flats," the barren prairies of rural Sweden whose wastelands conceal crimes as sinister as the land itself. Winter must deduce the labyrinthine connections between the cases before it is too late and his own family comes into danger. Stylish, haunting, and psychologically astute, Frozen Tracks features characters who would be at home in any American procedural, but with a sensibility that is distinctly European. Frozen Tracks will appeal to fans of Henning Mankell and George Pelecanos, and to anyone who relishes superbly crafted crime novels.
Where SUN AND SHADOW took place in the cold of winter, NEVER END takes the seasonally diametrically opposite milieu of a summer heatwave, making the book perfect beach holiday reading. The inappropriately named Chief Inspector Erik Winter is called in to investigate an attack on a teenage girl returning home after enjoying the weather at the local beauty spot. The girl seems reluctant to reveal much about her ordeal, only reporting it to the police after destroying vital evidence.After a second, more serious attack, Winter realises the crimes are similar to an unsolved case from years ago ...
“Sail of Stone is riveting-as hard and bleak as the Swedish coast in winter.” – Jeff Lindsay, creator of the Dexter seriesA brother and sister believe that their father has gone missing. They think he may have traveled in search of his father, who was presumed lost decades ago in World War II. Meanwhile, there are reports that a woman is being abused, but she can’t be found and her family won’t tell the police where she is. Two missing people and two very different families combine in this dynamic and suspenseful mystery by the Swedish ...
A couple entertain a stranger in their Gothenburg flat, but his choice of death metal music isn't quite what they had in mind… this particular illicit rendezvous will be prove to be their last. For more than a week a newspaper boy has watched his deliveries piling up behind a front door. The loud music playing inside the flat seems an odd choice for 5 a.m. and the boy becomes increasingly afraid. What greets Chief Inspector Erik Winter and his team when they arrive appears as a stage setting, grotesquely symbolic in its composition. While Inspector Winter trawls the ...
“A dramatic crime chase in Gothenburg, intelligently and excitingly told.” – Der Spiegel (Germany)“[Here is] the opportunity to discover a Swede well removed from the ‘Swedish model’ and enter into the world of ?ke Edwardson. Try this voyage, and you will return to it.” – Marianne (France)“An extremely accomplished cross between crime fiction and psychological thriller… on par with P. D. James.” – Helsingborgs Dagblad (Sweden)“Masterful… While ?ke Edwardson possesses an undertone of humor, his work is full of darkness… With The Shadow Woman [he] establishes himself among the most exciting crime thriller writers in the ...
