A Death in Sweden (23 page)

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Deborah Schneider and all at Gelfman Schneider and ICM. Thanks also to Emilie Marneur, Alan Turkus, Victoria Pepe, and all at Thomas & Mercer.

There are many moments and chance meetings and briefly glanced places that go into the making of any book, and this one was no exception, but it started in a very particular way. Many years ago, I was traveling on a bus in northern Sweden. It was autumn and the sun was low in the sky, blinding the driver. There was a timber truck coming in the opposite direction . . .

Thankfully, the bus did not crash, except in my imagination, and
A Death in Sweden
was the ultimate result. Among the very few passengers on that sunny morning was a girl whose appearance I stole for the Siri who appears in these pages and so, in exchange for that theft, I dedicate this book to her.

About the Author

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Kevin Wignall is a British writer, born in Brussels in 1967. He spent many years as an army child in different parts of Europe, and went on to study politics and international relations at Lancaster University. He became a full-time writer after the publication of his first book,
People Die
(2001). His other novels are
Among the Dead
(2002),
Who is Conrad Hirst?
(2007), shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award, and
Dark Flag
(2010). His novel
Hunter’s Prayer
, originally published as
For the Dogs
in 2004, has been made into a film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Sam Worthington and Odeya Rush.