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Another Time, Another Life by Leif G. W. Persson
45.00 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
Stockholm 1975. Six young people take the entire staff of the West German embassy hostage, demanding that the Baader-Meinhof members being held as prisoners in West Germany be released immediately. The long siege ends with the deaths of two hostages and the wounding of several others, including the capt ...Show more
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's Cold by Leif G. W. Persson
39.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
It begins with the apparent suicide of a young American student in Stockholm. What is at first an open and shut case of suicide quickly leads to a complex web of international espionage, treachery and ultimately the legendary murder of the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme. Dogged by the incompetence o ...Show more
He Who Kills the Dragon by Leif G. W. Persson
37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
In this second installment of Persson's trilogy of police procedurals featuring the "small, fat and primitive" Evert Backstrom, the grand master's most appallingly repulsive (and funniest) character is finally given his fifteen minutes of fame by way of his patented combination of laziness, luck, and an ...Show more
Linda, as in the Linda Murder by Leif G. W. Persson
36.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer, a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is brutally murdered. Police Inspector Evert Backstrom is unwillingly drafted in from Stockholm to head up the investigation. Egotistical, vain and utterly prejudiced against everything, Backstropm is a ...Show more
The Dying Detective by Leif G. W. Persson
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke. He is paying the price for a life of excess - stress, good food and fine wine. With his dangerously high blood pressure, his heart could fail at the slightest excitement. In the hosp ...Show more
The Sword of Justice Backstrom #3 by Leif G. W. Persson
37.00 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Backstrom
When gangster lawyer Thomas Eriksson, renowned defender of the guilty, is found brutally murdered in his own home the police face a rare problem. Finding a suspect isn't difficult, but narrowing down the long list of people who wanted Eriksson dead might be...High on the list is the celebrated Detective ...Show more
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