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A cold Sunday morning, a man is found murdered and hanged on the old city wall that surrounds Visby, capital of Gotland. The victim is art gallery owner Egon Wallin. When the famous painting “The Dying Dandy” is stolen in Stockholm, disturbing links to the murder of Egon Wallin slowly start to surface, taking the reader right into the exquisite Swedish art world and underworld of prostitution and drugs.Killer’s Art is set in the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, the Swedish equivalent to Martha’s Vineyard. In this hair-raising story, superintendant Anders Knutas is facing one of the toughest investigations in his career.With an intelligent plot and fast-paced, excruciating suspense, Mari Jungstedt is often compared to Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell. Her page-turning novels have made Jungstedt the second bestselling crime-in-translation author for Random House. With over 3 million copies sold, Jungstedt is a true queen of crime fiction."One of the best writers of Scandinavian crime fiction." – Harlan Coben"Tightly written and twisty crime novel ... well crafted." – Library Journal (starred review)"Beautifully written." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Killer’s Art is a classic demonstration of just why Mari Jungstedt is held in such high esteem.”– Barry Forshaw, UK’s #1 crime critic“Jungstedt delivers an excellent clammy atmosphere and a constant premonition of weird deaths to come. She's becoming one of Scandinavia's best crime writers, no mean compliment in a crowded field.”–The London Times
A cold Sunday morning, a man is found murdered and hanged on the old city wall that surrounds Visby, capital of Gotland. The victim is art gallery owner Egon Wallin. When the famous painting “The Dying Dandy” is stolen in Stockholm, disturbing links to the murder of Egon Wallin slowly start to surface, taking the reader right into the exquisite Swedish art world and underworld of prostitution and drugs.Killer’s Art is set in the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, the Swedish equivalent to Martha’s Vineyard. In this hair-raising story, superintendant Anders Knutas is facing one of the toughest investigations in his career.With an intelligent plot and fast-paced, excruciating suspense, Mari Jungstedt is often compared to Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell. Her page-turning novels have made Jungstedt the second bestselling crime-in-translation author for Random House. With over 3 million copies sold, Jungstedt is a true queen of crime fiction."One of the best writers of Scandinavian crime fiction." – Harlan Coben"Tightly written and twisty crime novel ... well crafted." – Library Journal (starred review)"Beautifully written." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Killer’s Art is a classic demonstration of just why Mari Jungstedt is held in such high esteem.”– Barry Forshaw, UK’s #1 crime critic“Jungstedt delivers an excellent clammy atmosphere and a constant premonition of weird deaths to come. She's becoming one of Scandinavia's best crime writers, no mean compliment in a crowded field.”–The London Times
Mari Jungstedt
Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist and popular crime fiction author.Jungstedt worked as a reporter on Swedish national public radio and television, and was an occasional presenter on TV4's...
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