The Deceiver + The Glass Man + The Crime Lake + Dearest Lena

The Deceiver: In January, six party-loving students take the train to Åre to ski. Then everything goes wrong, and suddenly only five are left alive. Was it an accident or a cold-blooded murder? As the questions pile up, the tension rises within the group. Friends turn against each other when no one can explain what happened that fateful night. Police colleagues Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog take on the case with mixed feelings. Daniel has separated and struggles with guilt towards his daughter. Hanna is on a luxurious weekend with her new date and is torn between him and her feelings for her colleague. The Deceiver is the fourth part of the Åre Murders series, where Viveca Sten once again offers intricate murder mysteries in the Jämtland mountain world. She is nominated for Swedish Crime Writer of the Year 2023.

The Glass Man: The second part of the acclaimed Asker series. Inspector Leo Asker has just settled in as the head of the Department of Lost Souls when her father reaches out after years of silence. A body has been found at his farm, the police are on his heels, and he demands Leo's help. But is the father as innocent as he claims, or is he trying to ensnare Leo once again? Meanwhile, Martin Hill moves to a secluded estate to write the biography of corporate leader Gunnar Irving, lured by the legendary estate that houses a private island with an abandoned star observatory. Soon, Hill discovers that the area has more stories – about mysterious lights and badly mangled bodies. As Asker and Hill untangle the web of threads, the Glass Man rises from the darkness from which no one returns. No one but him.

The Crime Lake: "Johanna Mo has constructed a well-thought-out plot, the pace is high, and the character portrayal is unusually deep as she tells about families that have fallen apart after a disaster." Dagens Nyheter. Hanna Duncker's parental leave comes to an abrupt end when a man is found dead at the water's edge in southeastern Öland. It turns out to be a murder that deeply affects everyone at the Kalmar police. At the same time, Hanna is planning a life-changing step, and the man who burned down her house and stabbed her during her pregnancy is still at large. Hanna Duncker has lived much of her life as the murderer’s daughter. Will she finally be free with her beloved Isak and their child? The Crime Lake is the long-awaited finale of the successful Öland Crimes series.

Dearest Lena: "Ninni Schulman has an unbeatable ability to construct credible plots where everyday conflicts quickly reach a life-threatening level, and the tension lies in simple situations like opening the door for the wrong person. Or trusting your closest ones. Sometimes it becomes disturbingly sad." Dagens Nyheter. "... the sequel is even better; Schulman has become more comfortable in her new crime universe and moves effortlessly between people, environments, and different contexts. Few crime writers manage to balance the criminal case and the protagonist's private life so elegantly; there is never even a tremor on the line. /.../ a gripping page-turner." Göteborgs-Posten. In the autumn of 1983, 31-year-old Lena is found dead in her home on the family estate on Sollerön outside Mora, hanged from a lamp hook. By all accounts, it appears to be a suicide. Lena's parents refuse to believe that their daughter chose to take her own life, and to uncover the truth, former police officer Ingrid Wolt is brought in. Ingrid has actually shut down her newly started investigation agency and lives isolated in the woods out of fear of her ex-husband. But Lena's parents are so persistent that she is finally persuaded to take on the case. It soon becomes clear that Lena carried deep secrets and that many in her vicinity wanted to see her dead. Dearest Lena is the second part of Ninni Schulman's acclaimed Siljan series, a crime novel about longing, passion, and betrayal.