The Cruel Stars of the Night ( Ann Lindell #6 )

When The Princess of Burundi was published last year by Thomas Dunne Books, American critics hailed Kjell Eriksson as Sweden's Ed McBain, and they compared him to Henning Mankell. Now The Cruel Stars of the Night , the next in this internationally acclaimed crime series, unveils a spellbinding new tale again featuring police inspector Ann Lindell. The Cruel Stars of the Night opens one snowy day when thirty-five-year-old Laura Hindersten goes to the police to report that her father, a local professor, is missing. Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues can find no motive for the man's disappearance. And when the corpses of two elderly men do turn up, neither of the dead men is the missing academic. Unexpectedly, the police get help from one of the professor's colleagues, who believes there is an astonishing link between the murders and the disappearance of Professor Hindersten. But as the pressure on Lindell increases dramatically, she is shocked to discover that the killer has many more diabolical schemes in store. Combining heart-pounding suspense with brilliant psychological insight, The Cruel Stars of the Night moves like a comet as it approaches the cliff-hanging climax. It is sure to win Kjell Eriksson a whole new galaxy of American fans. The cruel stars of the night opens with the abrupt disappearance of an elderly professor, followed quickly by the suspicious deaths of two more old men. Inspector Ann Lindell instinctively knows that she is tracking a most cunning serial killer. As she closes in on the demented murderer, a diabolical death trap awaits The abrupt disappearance of an elderly professor, followed quickly by the suspicious deaths of two more old men finds Swedish Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues on the trail of a most cunning serial killer. As they close in on the demented murderer, a diabolical death trap awaits Investigator Ann Lindell of the Uppsala Police Violent Crimes Division puts her own life in danger when she goes off on her own to investigate the link between the murders of two elderly men and the disappearance of a local professor