Earth Storm by Mons Kallentoft
DO THE VICTIMS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON?
On an early morning in May a young man is found dead in a ditch next to Göta Kanal. He is naked, but the body bears no visible traces of violence and a strange silence prevails as Malin Fors and her colleagues arrive at the scene. It is as if all voices have been muffled.
The man is soon identified as Peder Åkerlund, a former Swedish democrat, excluded from the party for making racist remarks but since reformed. The autopsy shows that he has been murdered. And when 16 year-old Nadja Lundin is reported missing the same evening, possibly abducted, there are signs that suggest the two cases might be connected.
But do the victims have anything in common? And why were they chosen? Gradually, Malin Fors realises that they are dealing with someone who is playing a game with them, who speaks through murders and who will not be silenced. What is he or she trying to say? They are racing against the clock to find an answer. Nadja Lundin may still be alive.
ON A SWELTERING SUMMER DAY, A BABY BOY IS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR.
When Malin Fors arrives at the scene, the boy’s mother is sitting under a tree clinging to her limp child. Her desperate screams have faded into a shallow wail.
The police investigation is wrapped up quickly as the circumstances...
AN INVESTIGATION THAT BAFFLES BOTH THE SWEDISH AND THE THAI POLICE.
In the first part, The Devil’s Scent, Malin Fors has left Linköping for the swarming metropolis of Bangkok. A city full of scents, colours, sounds and tastes. But also corruption, violence and death.
Malin is on the run....
A BRUTALLY-STABBED BODY IS FOUND FLOATING FACEDOWN IN THE MOAT.
It is Autumn in Linkoping and the heavens have opened, but not even these biblical rains can wash away the blood of crimes past and present. Then the brutally-stabbed body of self-made Internet billionaire Jerry Petersson is discovered...