Black Lies, Red Blood (Ann Lindell Mysteries)

Some writers you read for story, some you read for content or style. Kjell Eriksson is a writer best read for sensibility. This Swedish author's police procedurals are as dark as any in the Nordic noir tradition, but their deep vein of compassion transforms them into something more warmblooded than your average cop novel. The New York Times Book Review

Eriksson keeps the reader guessing, but his real strength is his ability to create descriptive details that bring even his minor characters alive. Publishers Weekly

[Eriksson] adds each piece of his complex murder puzzle to the picture with masterly control, and the heroine at the center of it all is compelling. Kirkus Reviews

Some writers you read for story, some you read for content or style. Kjell Eriksson is a writer best read for sensibility. This Swedish author's police procedurals are as dark as any in the Nordic noir tradition, but their deep vein of compassion transforms them into something more warmblooded than your average cop novel. --The New York Times Book Review

Eriksson keeps the reader guessing, but his real strength is his ability to create descriptive details that bring even his minor characters alive. --Publishers Weekly

[Eriksson] adds each piece of his complex murder puzzle to the picture with masterly control, and the heroine at the center of it all is compelling. --Kirkus Reviews

KJELL ERIKSSON is the author of the internationally acclaimed The Princess of Burundi, The Cruel Stars of the Night, The Demon of Dakar, and The Hand that Trembles. His series debut won Best First Novel 1999 by the Swedish Crime Academy, an accomplishment he later followed up by winning Best Swedish Crime Novel 2002 for The Princess of Burundi. Black Lies, Red Blood is his fifth novel in the series. He lives in Sweden and France.