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Killer's Art

by Mari Jungstedt
Tiina Nunnally
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"One of the best writers of Scandinavian crime fiction."
—Harlan Coben

“Jungstedt delivers an excellent clammy atmosphere and a constant premonition of weird deaths to come. She's becoming one of Scandinavia's best crime writers, no mean compliment in a crowded field."
—The London Times

After this weekend his well-ordered life would be turned upside-down, but he was the only one who knew what lay ahead. He had formulated the plans over the past six months, and now there was no going back. His twenty-year marriage would be over when Monday arrived.

It is a cold wintry morning in the picturesque port town of Visby when art dealer Egon Wallin's battered and naked body is found hanging from a gate in the town's old city walls. When the famous painting “The Dying Dandy" is stolen in Stockholm, disturbing links to Wallin's murder slowly start to surface, taking the reader into the glittering world of the Swedish art elite and shadowy underground of prostitution and drugs. In this spine-chilling novel, superintendent Anders Knutas is facing one of the toughest investigations in his career.

“Mari Jungstedt creates the special atmosphere of Nordic crime–that land of snow and ice that fires our imagination."—Jane Jakeman, The Independent

"There is an icy dispassionate grip to Jungstedt's writing that recalls Henning Mankell."—Metro

“For some considerable time, cognoscenti of the best Scandinavian crime fiction have been aware that Mari Jungstedt's Inspector Knutas novels are among the most rarefied and satisfying pleasures afforded by the field."—Barry Forshaw, author of Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction Writers

“Swedish Crime fiction writer, Mari Jungstedt, keeps getting better and better. . . .[Killer's Art] is a very enjoyable book, excellently written. . ."—Nordic Bookblog

"Killer's Art is a classic demonstration of just why Mari Jungstedt is held in such high esteem."—CrimeTime, blog

“The Killer's Art is the fourth book in the Knutas/Berg series—similar to the police procedurals of Peter Robinson. It hasn't been published in the US, which is a pity because it's one of my favorite Swedish series."—PopGoesFiction, blog

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Anders Knutas

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 15, 2013

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9789187173905

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      • ISBN: 9789187173905
      • File size: 1056 KB

  • Accessibility

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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from August 12, 2013
      The foggy island of Gotland provides the eerie, atmospheric setting for Jungstedt’s beautifully written fourth novel featuring Det. Supt. Anders Knutas (after 2008’s The Inner Circle). Before respected art dealer Egon Wallin can make some drastic personal and professional changes, he’s murdered, his body left to hang from the top of the Dalman Gate in the medieval town of Visby. Knutas and his assistant, Det. Insp. Karin Jacobsson, get on the trail of a deranged and vengeful killer in a case that attracts nationwide attention. The seductive tale of The Dying Dandy, a legendary Swedish painting whose theft is linked to Wallin’s death, adds depth. Knutas, a decent man, deplores the growing tastelessness of Swedish media as much as Jungstedt’s other protagonist, ethical journalist Johan Berg, in a noir novel that exposes the vicissitudes of a society in which cheating the system has become the norm. Agent: Niclas Salomonsson, Salomonsson Agency (Sweden).

    • Booklist

      October 15, 2013
      The fourth book in the Anders Knutas series, this brooding thriller is set on Sweden's largest island, Gotland, a place that has such a palpable creepiness about it that it almost becomes another character in the story. Egon Wallin is a successful art dealer about to embark on some serious lifestyle changes. But those plans are thwarted when he is murdered and left to hang on Dalman Gate in downtown Visby, a historic town in Gotland. A woman out for an early-morning stroll finds the body, and the press are there almost as quickly as the police, somewhat hampering the investigation. A famous Swedish painting called The Dying Dandy has been stolen, and there seems to be a link between the theft and the murder. There is an underlying theme about the media and corruption that pervades the story, adding additional depth, but the virtuous journalist Johan Berg helps balance things a bit. This is excellent Scandinavian noir, as first popularized by Steig Larsson, and a beautifully written addition to the genre.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

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