Ian Giles
1) The cuckoo
Author
Publisher
Hemlock Press
Pub. Date
2024
Description
As a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjallbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island leaves the prestigious Bauer family devastated. With his boss acting strangely, Detective Patrik Hedstrom is left to lead the investigation. Tensions rise threatening cracks in the team of officers at Tanumshede...
2) Silver tears
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Faye Adelheim has had to fight hard her whole life. But now, she is rich, her business has become a global brand, and she is hidden safely away in Italy with her daughter, where her violent ex-husband, Jack, can no longer harm them. But Faye's world is turned upside down when she discovers Jack is no longer behind bars, and she is forced to return to Sweden. Just as Faye is in the fight of her life to keep her family safe, the dark truth about her...
3) Dark music
Author
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Professor Hans Rekke: born into a wealthy Stockholm family, world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of vertiginous feats of logic and observation. But he might just fall apart when the going gets tough, leading to substance abuse and despair. Micaela Vargas: community police officer, born to Chilean political refugees in a tough suburb, with two brothers on the shady side of the law. Vargas feels she has something to prove. She's tenacious...
4) Fatal gambit
Author
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Claire Lidman died fourteen years ago. So why does she appear in the background of a recent holiday snap taken in Venice? Her husband brings the anomaly to Hans Rekke and Micaela Vargas. Initial scepticism gives way to cautious belief, but Rekke is falling apart again and Vargas has her own problems. Her gangster brother is threatening to silence her if she doesn't get off his case. Meanwhile, Rekke's daughter Julia has a new boyfriend she's determined...
5) Trapped
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022
Description
It's a case unlike anything detective Mina Dabiri has seen before. A woman trapped inside a magician's box, with swords pierced through. Only this time, it's not a magic trick. It's murder. Knowing she has a terrifying killer on her hands, Mina enlists the help of celebrity mentalist, Vincent Walter. Only he can give her an insight into the secret world of magic and illusions. Mina and Vincent soon discover that the murder victim has the roman numeral...
6) Cult
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023
Description
A young child is snatched in broad daylight outside his nursery. Nobody in charge sees a thing, but the other children say a woman is the culprit. Detective Mina Dabiri calls on her close friend Vincent to untangle the puzzle that surrounds the kidnapped boy. As he finds a link between the boy and other others who have gone missing, it becomes clear that time is running out for everyone involved. Meanwhile, Mina's estranged daughter gets caught up...
7) Mirage
Author
Series
Mina Dabiri and Vincent Walder volume 3
Pub. Date
2025
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Description
It is December in Stockholm and Sweden's Minister of Justice is under threat. An anonymous note has told him he has four days left to live. At the same time, a human skeleton is found in the Stockholm subway, belonging to a high-ranking financier. Police inspector Mina Dabiri's team, still recovering from the traumatic incident last summer that ended in the death of a colleague, calls in mentalist Vincent Walder to help with the case. For Vincent,...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Carina Dymek is on a fast track for promotion at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when she is approached by a stranger and given a USB stick containing a report to circulate in her department. Unwittingly, she delivers a time-bomb of classified information that destroys her career and puts her on the radar of the security service, SAPO. Tasked with discovering how Dymek gained access to the confidential report, the formidable Bente Jensen...