The Dead of Summer (Anders Knutas Series #5)

by Mari Jungstedt, Tiina Nunnally (Translator)

Overview

"One of Scandinavia's best crime writers"— The London Times

While vacationing on the Swedish island Gotland, a young father of two is shot on the beach while jogging. Assistant commissioner Karin Jacobsson, who must lead the investigation while Anders Knutas is on vacation, is at a loss until another horrific crime is committed. Mari Jungstedt successfully combines a thrilling, raw crime novel with a multilayered relational drama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789187173981
Publisher:	Stockholm Text
Publication date:	03/11/2014
Series:	Anders Knutas Series , #5
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mari Jungstedt has previously worked as a reporter on Swedish national public radio and television. She also had a brief career as a fashion model in New York City. Her novels featuring Superintendent Anders Knutas and the journalist Johan Berg are set on the island of Gotland, where Jungstedt resides during the summer months. Six titles have been the basis for Swedish movies. Mari Jungstedt lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and has two children.

Editorial Reviews

★ 12/09/2013
Add Jungstedt to the list of Scandinavian crime writers proficient at creating a dark mood for a complex whodunit featuring characters with genuine depth. In her fifth featuring Visby Det. Supt. Anders Knutas (after 2010’s The Killer’s Art), Karin Jacobsson, his newly promoted deputy, starts a complex inquiry into a murder committed while Knutas is on holiday. Peter Bovide, the owner of a small construction company, has been camping on the island of Faro with his wife and children. One morning, Bovide fails to return from his regular morning jog, and his bullet-ridden body, including multiple stomach shots after one to the head, turns up shortly afterward. The overkill suggests a personal motive for the killing, but none is easily detectible. Jungstedt has a talent for turning a phrase—the widow’s despair over her loss is so strong that “it actually made the air hard to breathe.” The twists perfectly combine surprise and logic. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Mari Jungstedt creates the special atmosphere of Nordic crime–that land of snow and ice that fires our imagination.”—Jane Jakeman, The Independent

"There is an icy dispassionate grip to Jungstedt’s writing that recalls Henning Mankell."— Metro

"For some considerable time, cognoscenti of the best Scandinavian crime fiction have been aware that Mari Jungstedt’s Inspector Knutas novels are among the most rarefied and satisfying pleasures afforded by the field."— Barry Forshaw , author of Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction Writers

" The Dead of Summer is a well crafted crime fiction novel. The side stories and Jungstedt’s excellent characterizations contribute significantly to making the series interesting to follow. The ending is quite surprising and superb. Mari Jungstedt has once more written an excellent crime fiction and a book that you will greatly enjoy if you like a good, solid read with a smart, well thought-out plot!”— Nordic Bookblog

" The Dead of Summer is very much a timeless mystery novel."— EuroCrime , blog

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