‘But he fell in love at once and then he didn’t want to let her go. It went completely wrong, but I am convinced that Lasse had no intention to kill her.’ That was how Torsten summarised the chain of events.
It didn’t matter to Lindell one way or another what his intentions had been. He had killed Patima and violated her body.
That Malm thereafter had shot Tobias Frisk and arranged it as a suicide was something that Torsten Andersson steadfastly refused to believe. But Lindell was completely convinced of it.
‘I should get going,’ Lindell said.
Doris stretched out her hand.
‘Give my regards to Lisen,’ she said. ‘Will she stay over the winter?’
‘It seems like it,’ Lindell said. ‘She’s planning to paint.’
‘That’s good,’ Doris said. ‘Now that two houses are empty we need all the people we can get here in Bultudden.’
Lindell left Doris and went back to the car. She knew it was probably the last time she would be driving on the Avenue. She couldn’t help wondering what would happen to Bultudden over the next few years.
There was nothing romantic about the area any longer. Putting up lights didn’t help. Bultudden would always be connected in her mind with Pranee Kaew Patima’s tragic fate.
‘Loneliness,’ Lindell murmured, and backed out of Utman’s driveway.
About the Author
KJELL ERIKSSON is the author of the internationally acclaimed Ann Lindell series, which includes The Princess of Burundi and The Hand that Trembles. His series debut won Best First Novel from the Swedish Crime Academy, an accomplishment he later followed up by winning Best Swedish Crime Novel for The Princess of Burundi. He lives in Sweden.
By Kjell Eriksson
The Hand that Trembles
The Princess of Burundi
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THE PRINCESS OF BURUNDI
Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime
Novel, The Princess of Burundi is a thrilling work by author
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Libro, Sweden. A mutilated body is found lying in the snow. Husband, father and reformed troublemaker John Jonsson leaves behind a devastated family and friends to struggle on without him. Who would want him tortured and murdered? His body is not the only sinister discovery. Inspector Ann Lindell cuts short her maternity leave to join homicide detective Ola Haver to work the case. Determined to catch this savage killer, Lindell is drawn into a twisted game of cat and mouse which terrorises an entire town.
‘Stunning … haunting … can chill you to the bone’
Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
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