Sail of Stone

Authors: Åke Edwardson

Tags: #Police Procedural, #Mystery & Detective, #Erik Winter, #Fiction, #Suspense, #General

“Sail of Stone
is riveting—as hard and bleak as the Swedish coast in winter.”

—Jeff Lindsay, creator of the
Dexter
series

A brother and sister believe that their father has gone missing. They think he may have traveled in search of
his
father, who was presumed lost decades ago in World War II. Meanwhile, there are reports that a woman is being abused, but she can’t be found and her family won’t tell the police where she is. Two missing people and two very different families combine in this dynamic and suspenseful mystery by the Swedish master Åke Edwardson.

Gothenburg’s Chief Inspector Erik Winter travels to Scotland in search of the missing man, aided there by an old friend from Scotland Yard. Back in Gothenburg, A fro-Swedish detective Aneta Djanali discovers how badly someone doesn’t want her to find the missing woman when she herself is threatened.
Sail of Stone
is a brilliantly perceptive character study, acutely observed and skillfully written with an unerring sense of pace.

“A tough, smart police procedural…. Edwardson is a masterful stor yteller…. This is crime writing at its most exciting, with great atmosphere and superb characters.”

—
The Globe & Mail
(Toronto) on
Never End

“Sure to appeal to Stieg Larsson fans eager for more noir Scandinavian crime fiction.”

—
Library Journal
on
The Shadow Woman

Åke Edwardson is a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ award for best crime novel. A former journalist, press officer at the United Nations in the Middle East, and lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, he lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, where his mysteries are set.

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ALSO BY ÅKE EDWARDSON

THE CHIEF INSPECTOR ERIK WINTER NOVELS:

The Shadow Woman

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Originally published in Sweden in 2002 by Norstedts Förlag in the Swedish language as the title
Segel av sten.

Published by arrangement with Norstedts Förlag.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Edwardson, Åke, date.

[
Segel av sten.
English]

Sail of stone / Åke Edwardson; translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.—1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.

p. cm.

Summary: “In
Sail of Stone
Chief Inspector Erik Winter and one of his female detectives find themselves separately pursuing two unusual missing-person cases.
Sail of Stone
is an outstanding psychological thriller, a character study of great depth and skill, by internationally bestselling author Åke Edwardson.”—Provided by publisher.

I. Willson-Broyles, Rachel. II. Title.

PT9876.15.D93S4413 2012

839.73'74—dc23 2011028497

ISBN 978-1-4516-0850-2

ISBN 978-1-4516-0854-0 (ebook)

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