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Dark Angel by Mari Jungstedt

Dark Angel

The Anders Knutas Series

by Mari Jungstedt

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  • Jun 2014, 320 pages
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Reckless in the grip of passion, a successful event planner leaves his wife and children for his new lover. When he turns up murdered after a big night out, the spurned wife is a natural suspect.

But the motive widens when three cottages are set on fire in the peaceful vacation destination of Gotland Island. In order for Detective Anders Knutas to catch the killer, he must unravel the truth that lies hidden at the heart of a broken family - and face secrets of his own.

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"Starred Review. With a Tolstoy-worthy array of unhappy families living incongruously amid Gotland's sheep-flocked landscape, affecting main characters, and muscular writing, this installment makes a compelling case for Jungstedt's discovery by discerning American readers." - Publishers Weekly

"She is in total control of plot and pace and conveys a chilling atmosphere." - The Times (UK)

"One of the best writers of Scandinavian crime fiction." - Harlan Coben

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Born in 1962, Mari Jungstedt is the author of the beloved, bestselling crime series featuring police detective Anders Knutas. Since the 2003 release of Unseen (Den du inte ser), the first novel in the series, she has been recognized as part of the elite group of Swedish crime writers.

Praised for her intelligent plots, fast pace and excruciating suspense all set on the exotic island Gotland, her books have already sold more than 2.2 million copies in Sweden alone and three million copies worldwide. They have been translated into more than fifteen languages and adapted into German television shows with over five million viewers per episode.

Mari Jungstedt has two children and lives in Stockholm. She often spends her summers in Gotland. While working for many years as a news anchor at Sweden's largest broadcasting station, Mari harbored a secret dream of writing novels. As soon as she took the time to write, it was like opening a box of unwritten stories. With the beautiful yet dramatic landscape of Gotland serving as a setting, Mari Jungstedt successfully crafts macabre acts of violent crime against an innocent environment. She creates a successful first-rate drama with focus on relationship problems, and she sketches a picture of the frail human condition, mirrored in the island.

Tiina Nunnally (born 7 August 1952) is an American author and translator. Nunnally was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was an AFS exchange student to Århus, Denmark in 1969-70. She received her MA in 1976 from the University of Wisco

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