Summertime Death

From the Number One Swedish Bestseller – Mons Kallentoft

Published by Hodder 8 May 2012 $36.99 RRP

There are two kinds of people in this world: the hunter, and the hunted

As the temperature in Sweden reaches a record-breaking 45 degrees, forest fires break out. All those who have failed to escape Linkoping for the summer take shelter indoors, shocked and paralysed by the heat.

However, when a teenage girl is discovered naked and bleeding in the local park, it is clear that the raging heat is not the only plague affecting the town.

Then a second girl is found dead.

Alarmed by the fact that the victims are the same age as her daughter, Tove, detective Malin Fors will work round-the-clock to capture the perpetrator. But as every lead comes to nothing, it is as though the oppressive heat is clogging up the wheels of her investigation. And time is not on Malin's side . . .

‘Mons Kallentoft's second book is just as gruesome, just as peculiar and just as exciting as his crime debut. Even a little bit better.’ – Mats Palmquist, Borås Tidning

About the Author

Mons grew up in a working-class household in the provincial town of Linkoping, Sweden, where the Malin Fors series is set. Before becoming a writer, he worked in journalism and is also a keen food critic. His first novel, Pesetas, was awarded the Swedish equivalent of the Whitbread Award. He has been married to Karolina for over 20 years, and they live in Stockholm with their daughter and son.

Mons Discussing His Book Midwinter Sacrifice