DESIRE TO KILL (LUST ATT DÖDA)
Anki Edvinsson
A masked assailant walks into a crowded bar in central Umeå and opens fire. Chaos erupts, and the casualties are numerous. Just a day later, an elderly man is found brutally murdered in his home, his body desecrated. Are the two incidents connected?
After moving from her upper class life in Stockholm, Charlotte von Klint has recently settled in Umeå and is new to the Violent Crimes Unit. Together with Per Berg she is thrown into the investigation. Soon it feels as though they’re chasing shadows that refuse to take shape, in a city paralyzed by grief and fear. In parallel, we follow two young men crossing the border and a young woman whose secret double life is on the verge of being exposed.
Desire to Kill is a taut and harrowing crime novel about monsters of every kind, both the expected and the unexpected.
The first instalment in the successful series with detectives Charlotte von Klint and Per Berg.
385 pages
Rights
Denmark: People’s
Norway: Cappelen Damm
Sweden: Norstedts
REVIEWS
“This is clearly a highly gifted author with an exceptionally strong ability to perceive, understand, and portray the vulnerability of young people in various ways. The narrative technique is also skilfully executed, with elegant shifts between perspectives, high drama, and an effective build-up of suspense leading to the final resolutions.”
Kapprakt / SWE
“A brutal plot with unexpected twists — I couldn’t put it down!”
Titti Schultz, SR / SWE
“I really like the dialogues — they feel natural and allow the different characters to come through. The classic ‘show, don’t tell’ is clearly at work here.”
Dagensbok.com / SWE