Sun And Shadow
By (Author) ke Edwardson
Translated by Laurie Thompson
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
1st August 2006
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Crime and mystery: police procedural
839.7374
Paperback
512
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 31mm
270g
Meet Erik Winter- not a stereotypically glum detective. The youngest chief inspector in Sweden, he wears sharp suits, cooks gourmet meals, has a penchant for jazz and is about to become a father. But he has his share of troubles too- a bloody double murder on his doorstep is only the beginning. From the three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award. A couple are found murdered in their flat in Gothenburg, their bodies symbolically arranged in a mysterious and grotesque fashion. As Winter follows the trail of clues into the cult world of the gothic, he becomes enmeshed in a riddle of nightmares, where he must untangle good from evil and sun from shadow.
"On a par with PD James... Edwardson is dazzlingly clever" Helsingsborg Dagblad "Ake Edwardson's series about a colourful, troubled young detective provide a large ration of suspense" Chicago Tribune "'Classy and complex police procedural'" Daily Mail "A very pleasing mixture of police procedure and urban-domestic saga" Morning Star
ke Edwardson was born in 1953. He has worked as a journalist and a press officer for the UN and has written books on journalism and creative writing. Now a best-selling author of detective fiction, he is also a professor at the Gothenburg University. He has on three occasions been awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Award for best Crime novel.