Crimes on the Beach

Author's name: Vivica Steen

Murders on the Beach by Viveka Sten... On a hot July morning on the island of Sandhä, a top holiday destination in Sweden, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body caught in a fishing net that has washed ashore. Police detective Thomas Andreasson, the first on the scene before long, identifies the deceased as Christer Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All evidence points to an accident—until another brutally tortured body is found at a local hotel. This time, however, it is Berggren's cousin, whom Thomas had interviewed in Stockholm just days before. As the island's residents denounce the news, Thomas turns to his childhood friend, local lawyer Nora Lind. Together, they attempt to unravel the mysteries left behind by these two mysterious strangers—while trying to make sense of the difficult twists and turns their lives have taken since their youthful summers together.