The Dead of Summer - Softcover

Mari Jungstedt is one of Sweden’s most popular crime fiction authors. More than 3 million copies of her books have sold worldwide. She crafts suspenseful and dramatic stories, often brutally violent while set against the serene and picturesque landscape of Gotland Island, Sweden. Jungstedt has previously worked as a reporter on Swedish national public radio and television. She also had a brief career as a fashion model in NYC. But throughout her years, she harbored the secret dream of becoming an author. Once she dedicated the time to this endeavor, Mari says it was as if she opened a box of stories that had to be written. Her novels featuring beloved characters Superintendent Anders Knutas and the journalist Johan Berg are set on the island of Gotland, where Jungstedt resides during the summer months. Six titles have been the basis for Swedish movies. Mari Jungstedt lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with her husband.

"The Killer's Art is a classic demonstration of just why Mari Jungstedt is held in such high esteem; in Tiina Nunally's adroit translation, the prose has a stripped-down, utterly functional quality that is perfectly at the service of the carefully orchestrated plot. Writers such as Henning Mankell may outsell Jungstedt in the UK, but - if there is any justice - she will not remain caviar to the general" Barry Forshaw