A darker shade of Sweden : original stories by Sweden's greatest crime writers / edited and translated by John-Henri Holmberg.

• Introduction / John-Henri Holmberg -- Reunion / Tove Alsterdal -- He liked his hair / Rolf and Cilla Borjlind -- Never in real life / Ake Edwardson -- In our darkened house / Inger Frimansson -- Paul's last summer / Eva Gabrielsson -- The ring / Anna Jansson -- The mail run / Asa Larsson -- Brain power / Stieg Larsson -- An unlikely meeting / Henning Mankell and Hakan Nesser -- An alibi for Senor Banegas / Magnus Montelius -- Something in his eyes / Dag Ohrlund -- Day and night my keeper be / Malin Persson Giolito -- The multi-millionaire / Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo -- Diary Braun / Sara Stridsberg -- Revenge of the virgin / Johan Theorin -- Maitreya / Veronica von Schenck -- Too late shall the sinner awaken / Katarina Wennstam.

• Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson. 

Ämnesord

Short stories, Swedish  -- Translations into English. (LCSH)

Genre

Short stories.  (LCSH)

Mystery fiction.  (LCSH)

Deckare  (saogf)

Klassifikation

839.73087208 (DDC)