Paperback: Second-rate British journalist, Ewan Strachan, is invited to interview an old university friend, Mick Roslyn, who is now a leading film director in Sweden.
On arrival in Malmö, Strachan is in for a terrible shock when he discovers the dead body of Roslyn's glamorous film star wife. The growing list of suspects includes a celebrity stalker, the director's business partner and the men behind the murder of Swedish premier Olof Palme in 1986.
Among the investigating team is the attractive Inspector Anita Sundström, who soon captivates Strachan. Then Strachan's world is turned upside down when Anita arrests him for the crime. However, she is not sure whether he is the real murderer or has been set up. Anita battles to find the answers amid the antagonism and animosity of her colleagues. The exciting trail leads to death on Scandinavia's highest building before one final, unexpected twist in the first Anita Sundström Malmö mystery.
Meet Me In Malmö (2010) is the first instalment in the excellent Inspector Anita Sundström Mystery series set in Malmö, Sweden. There are currently eight books in this series, the latest being Mammon in Malmö released on 18 June 2021.
About the author: Torquil MacLeod was born in Edinburgh and brought up in the north east of England. His family hails from the Isle of Skye, where his Viking ancestors settled after one of their many raids from Norway. Hence the name Torquil, which is Scandinavian.
After a brief spell as a teacher in Worcestershire and a failed insurance salesman in the Midlands, he worked as a copywriter in advertising agencies in Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle; in 2000, he became a freelance writer. He lives in Cumbria with his wife Susan. They have two sons and four grandchildren, spread evenly between Essex and southern Sweden. He came up with the idea for his Malmö Mysteries after visiting the elder of his two sons in southern Sweden in 2000.
Rating: 5/5
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