Books by Mari Jungstedt and Complete Book Reviews
Mari Jungstedt, Author , trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. St. Martin’s Minotaur $23.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-36377-2
At the start of Jungstedt’s somber, subtle second mystery set on the Swedish island of Gotland (after 2006’s Unseen
), Det. Supt. Anders Knutas and his team look into the murder of the alcoholic former news photographer Henry Dahlströ
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Mari Jungstedt, Author, Tiina Nunnally, Translator , trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. St. Martin's Minotaur $23.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-35157-1
Swedish journalist Jungstedt's first mystery, set on the island of Gotland, a popular tourist destination, opens with some promise. After a gathering of friends dissolves amid jealous accusations, the source of the conflict, Helena Hillerströ
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Mari Jungstedt, Author, Tiina Nunnally, Translator , trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-312-36378-9
In summer the Baltic island of Gotland, Beowulf's old stomping ground, offers stunning scenery for tourists and white nights for love and lust, all of which shape the backdrop of Det. Supt. Anders Knutas's investigation into one horrifying
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Mari Jungstedt, trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. Stockholm Text (www.stockholmtext.com), $14.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-91-87173-45-5
The foggy island of Gotland provides the eerie, atmospheric setting for Jungstedt’s beautifully written fourth novel featuring Det. Supt. Anders Knutas (after 2008’s The Inner Circle). Before respected art dealer Egon Wallin can make some drastic...
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Mari Jungstedt, trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. Stockholm Text, $14.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-91-87173-98-1
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...
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Mari Jungstedt, trans. from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. Stockholm Text (www.stockholmtext.com), $14.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-91-7547-022-1
What does the puzzling murder of prominent event planner Viktor Algård during a glitzy gala on Sweden’s Gotland island have to do with the tortured self-examination of an anonymous depressive who can barely drag himself out of his borrowed Stockholm
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