Mari Jungstedt Books

The island of Gotland is in the middle of a busy tourist season, and getting ready for Midsummer holidays, when a young woman and her dog are found brutally murdered. The dog has been beheaded and is missing a paw; the woman has been stabbed repeatedly, and is naked, with a piece of cloth 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. It seems a serial killer is terrorizing 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.

It's summer on Gotland and an international group of archaeology students are excavating an ancient Viking site. The camaraderie and holiday spirits of the group are shattered when one of their number, a Dutch student called Martina, disappears.

"Detective superintendent Anders Knutas has gone on holiday leaving Karin Jacobsson, his new deputy, in charge. Can she overcome the resentments within her team and solve ... [a] seemingly motiveless murder? Or will the killer strike again?"--Page 4 of cover

A man is pushed from a cliff; a woman is missing after a bike ride; an elderly man is washed ashore. The friends are closer than most �e" too close, some might say. Every year they leave their cosy suburban neighbourhood to go on holiday together to a remote Swedish island. But this year, their holiday won�e(tm)t go as expected. A terrible series of tragedies will unfold, seemingly random, all somehow connected. Detective Superintendant Anders Knutas will have to look into the friends�e(tm) tangled pasts to find the truth. What malevolent force has followed them to the island? Or was it amongst them all along? Even the closest friends don�e(tm)t share everything...

"Previously published as En mèorkare himmel by Albert Bonniers Fèorlag in 2015 in Sweden. Translated from Swedish by Paul Norlen. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2016"--T.p. verso.

It is a cold wintry morning in the picturesque port town of Visby when art dealer Egon Wallin's battered and naked body is found suspended feet from the ground, hanging from the 'gate of love' in the town's old city walls.

Bei der Eröffnungsfeier der neuen Kongresshalle in Visby wird der Veranstalter Viktor Algård tot aufgefunden. Er wurde mit Zyanid vergiftet. Kommissar Anders Knutas ermittelt und entdeckt ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis, das mit dem Anschlag in Verbindung stehen könnte.

Ein 14-jähriges Mädchen wird erwürgt im Wald gefunden, ein Fotograf mit eingeschlagenem Schädel in seiner Dunkelkammer entdeckt. Was verbindet die beiden Morde? Kommissar Anders Knutas ermittelt unter Hochdruck, doch den entscheidenden Hinweis liefert Reporter Johann Berg.

Lugnet har lagt sig på Lilla Karlsö efter turistsäsongen, men septembervädret är vackert och havet ännu varmt efter den långa, heta sommaren.En grupp studenter tillbringar helgen ensamma på den karga och ensliga ön innan höstterminen tar fart på allvar. Efter en tupplur på stranden vaknar Frida upp på pojkvännens arm och gör en fasansfull upptäckt. Både han och kamraterna är döda. Hon är den enda överlevande. Mordet skakar om hela landet och för varje dag som gärningsmannen går fri ökar oron och paniken sprider sig på högskolan. Är någon ute efter att mörda studenter eller råkade ungdomarna bara vara på fel plats vid fel tillfälle?Kommissarie Knutas tampas med fallet samtidigt som hans eget liv tar en ny oväntad och dramatisk vändning.