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The princess of Burundi : [a mystery]  Cover Image Book Book

The princess of Burundi : [a mystery] / Kjell Eriksson ; translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg.

Eriksson, Kjell, 1953- (Author). Segerberg, Ebba. (Added Author).

Summary:

The Princess of Burundi begins, benignly enough, with a morning jog. The run turns deadly when the jogger finds a mutilated body in the snow. The victim is soon identified as the town+s reformed troublemaker and an expert on tropical fish.Inspector Ann Lindell, despite being on maternity leave, is determined to find the brutal killer. Soon enough she is drawn into a cruel cat-and-mouse game that leads to the deadliest of confrontations. -- Fantastic Fiction.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312327682 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780312327675
  • ISBN: 0312327684 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0312327676
  • Physical Description: 300 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Winner Swedish Crime Academy Award for best crime novel.
Subject: Haver, Ola (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Lindell, Ann (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Sweden > Fiction.
Women detectives > Sweden > Fiction.
Genre: Mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction, Swedish.
Swedish fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Russell and District Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    When a jogger stumbles upon the mutilated body of the local reformed troublemaker and tropical fish expert during a morning run, Inspector Ann Lindell takes time off from maternity leave to uncover the killer and is drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a vicious murderer. By the author of The Illuminated Path. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
  • Holtzbrinck

    Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel, The Princess of Burundi introduces American readers to Kjell Eriksson--a crime writer who has quickly become an international sensation.

    This spellbinding new thriller opens when a young father fails to show up for supper on a snowy night just before Christmas. His is not the only sinister disappearance, and before the final breathtaking climax, a secret killer terrorizes an entire frightened town.

    Despite being on maternity leave, Inspector Ann Lindell is determined to find John's murderer. The cruel cat-and-mouse game that follows leads Ann to a deadly confrontation with a treacherous killer. Ann must decide whether to take a huge risk that could result in many more dead bodies in the snow, including hers and that of her unborn child.

  • McMillan Palgrave

    Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel, The Princess of Burundi introduces American readers to Kjell Eriksson--a crime writer who has quickly become an international sensation.

    This spellbinding new thriller opens when a young father fails to show up for supper on a snowy night just before Christmas. His is not the only sinister disappearance, and before the final breathtaking climax, a secret killer terrorizes an entire frightened town.

    Despite being on maternity leave, Inspector Ann Lindell is determined to find John's murderer. The cruel cat-and-mouse game that follows leads Ann to a deadly confrontation with a treacherous killer. Ann must decide whether to take a huge risk that could result in many more dead bodies in the snow, including hers and that of her unborn child.


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